Donald Trump has ancestors in Kallstadt in Rhineland-Palatinate. But his relationship with Germany is frosty. The country is a recurring theme in his campaign speeches – now also in Pennsylvania.
Former US President Donald Trump spoke about his difficult relationship with Germany during a campaign appearance. “They didn’t love me, and I have roots there,” said the Republican presidential candidate in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Kallstadt in Rhineland-Palatinate is the hometown of Trump’s paternal ancestors.
Instead, the Germans loved his predecessor in the White House, the Democrat Barack Obama. “Do you know why? Because they ate our lunch,” said the Republican presidential candidate for the election on Tuesday (November 5th), referring, among other things, to the fact that Germany was supposedly successful at the expense of the USA.
Then Trump spoke about the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU): “They didn’t love me because I said: You have to pay. You have to pay, I said to Angela. Angela, you haven’t paid.” At this point, Trump was probably referring to Germany’s defense spending with a view to NATO commitments. Imitating a kind of German accent, the Republican finally said that “Angela” had told him that Germany would pay until 2035. “They think we’re stupid people.”
