{"id":245072,"date":"2025-02-23T17:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T17:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/german-voters-took-note-of-election-interference-by-trump-administration-officials\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T17:43:07","slug":"german-voters-took-note-of-election-interference-by-trump-administration-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/german-voters-took-note-of-election-interference-by-trump-administration-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"German Voters Took Note of Election Interference by Trump Administration Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/23\/multimedia\/23germany-election-us-meddling-fzbg\/23germany-election-us-meddling-fzbg-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"German Voters Took Note of Election Interference by Trump Administration Officials\" title=\"German Voters Took Note of Election Interference by Trump Administration Officials\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Interference by Trump administration officials in the German campaign put off some left-leaning voters but was welcomed by others supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, according to a smattering of interviews at polling stations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several voters in the eastern city of Dresden took note of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/14\/world\/europe\/vance-europe-immigration-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">a speech by Vice President JD Vance<\/a> at the Munich Security Conference this month, when he told European leaders to stop shunning parties deemed \u201cextreme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Chris Buschmann, who said he is left-leaning but declined to say how he voted, said hearing Mr. Vance made him \u201canxious.\u201d Mr. Buschmann, 27, said he is worried about the rise of right-wing populism both in Germany and around the world. He worries, he said, about \u201chistory repeating itself,\u201d referring to Germany\u2019s Nazi past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Tim Adams, an engineer who split his ticket between the Green Party and Die Linke, the German left party, criticized billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk\u2019s attempts to influence the German election. Mr. Musk has endorsed the AfD and praised the party\u2019s co-chair, Alice Weidel. Last month, he spoke at an AfD rally, telling the audience that Germany has \u201ctoo much of a focus on past guilt.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Those interventions have been \u201cvery bad for our politics,\u201d Mr. Adams said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Others voiced support for President Trump and his administration. Andreas M\u00fchlbach and Anja Zeumer, both of whom voted for the AfD, said they welcomed the new American president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Aschaffenburg, retired painter Peter Kraus said he voted for the AfD \u201cwith great joy\u201d \u2014 and on the recommendation of Mr. Vance and Mr. Musk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhen the American vice president says it, and Elon Musk, yeah, they have exactly my opinion,\u201d Mr. Kraus said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not as well-educated as those two.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/23\/world\/europe\/trump-us-germany-election.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interference by Trump administration officials in the German campaign put off some left-leaning voters but was welcomed by others supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, according to a smattering of interviews at polling stations. 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