Trump hails German AfD's success

 

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Published 03.34

 

Party leaders within the German AfD celebrate the election results in the state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. Photo: Matthias Schrader/AP/TT

The AfD's electoral success in the state of Saxony-Anhalt is being hailed by US President Donald Trump.

"Wow! The German populist party just had a really big night," he writes on Truth Social.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a landslide victory in the state election held on Sunday. Although Saxony-Anhalt is one of the country's smaller states, the election is seen as symbolically important and an indication of the AfD's potential for similar successes nationally.

Several states, including Saxony-Anhalt, have classified the party as extremist due to its rhetoric on ethnicity and immigration. Among other things, the AfD wants to fundamentally overhaul migration policy.

"They finally had enough of the absolutely terrible immigration rules and laws that have hurt Germany so much," Trump claims in the post on his own platform.