Trump has done it again. He retweeted a tweet from Richard Grenell. Remember him? He was the ambassador to Germany that many Germans wanted expelled for expressing his open sympathy to the far right Alternative for Germany party. Grenell posted a tweet denouncing the NY Times for reporting that a mass rally organized by the AfD party protesting government measures to control the COVID was had the support of conspiracy theorists and neo-Nazis. It’s not great surprise that Grenell would run interference for the AfD, since he flouted diplomatic protocol by praising them while ambassador. And here he goes again. That nutcase was actually the acting Director of National Intelligence for a while.
Here is the tweet retweeted by Trump. Unfortunately, when I paste the retweet it only shows the Grenell tweet. But go to the twitter account RealDonaldTrump and you will find it.
I’m really shocked that Trump would do this. I’m not shocked by his sympathy to far right trying to destabilize Germany. But I am shocked that he would do this when he is struggling to get some votes beyond his base in his quest to get reelected. OK, so he nails down the white nationalist vote that was already his.
So, what’s this all about? He supports the far right trying to bring down Germany democracy,and probably the EU with it at the same time that he is preparing to withdraw American troops from Germany. So, what is the quid pro quo from Putin for doing all this? Germany has been stabbed in the back for real.