In an interview with Spiegel published on Friday, Gauck - who will be replaced by Frank-Walter Steinmeier this month - voiced his concerns about the Republican President.
âIt worries me a lot that the American President is putting some things into questions that generations of other Americans have achieved with Europeans,â said Gauck.
The German President further condemned Trumpâs fraught relationship with the media as he has referred to many major news outlets as âthe enemy of the American peopleâ.
âThis damages democracy,â Gauck said.
He also said that the âmany law-abiding US citizens will not forgetâ how Trump has rallied against his other perceived opponents, such as a federal judge who blocked the Presidentâs controversial travel ban.
The German leader further said that while the United States used to be a âplace people longed forâ and a ârole modelâ, it currently is not such things.
Trumpâs administration has come in for criticism from a number of German politicians - except those from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), whose members sometimes cite him as inspiration.
Before Trump was elected, Gauck said he was worried about the country electing the âunpredictableâ real estate mogul.
Gauckâs successor, former Foreign Minister Steinmeier, has been called the âanti-Trumpâ for his outspoken criticism of the American leader.
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