German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her shock on Thursday over the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump and said the president shared blame for the unrest.
The Associated Press on Saturday called the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden. We would like to know how Americans in Germany feel about it all. Fill out the form below if you would like to share your thoughts.
The German head of an international observer mission
to the US elections accused Donald Trump on Thursday of a "gross abuse of office" after the president alleged he was being cheated and demanded that vote counting be halted.
While politicians in Germany could not yet fully comment on the US vote, which was still being counted as of Wednesday evening, many were concerned about what they saw as an "attack" on democracy.
German Defence Minister Annegret
Kramp-Karrenbauer on Wednesday warned the United States was facing a "very explosive situation" and a possible systemic crisis after President Donald Trump prematurely declared election victory.
Back in 2016, German Chancellor
Angela Merkel greeted Donald Trump's victory with an extraordinary warning: that she would work with the US president on the condition that he respect democratic values. Things did not improve from there.
Germans think Trump would be a disaster for the USA and the rest of the world, argues Hamburg professor Dr. Harry Friebel in an opinion piece for The Local.
Eleven years ago Angela Merkel successfully ran to become the first female chancellor of Europe’s powerhouse economy. What can Hillary Clinton learn from “the Queen of Europe” as she seeks to emulate her success in the US?