Archive · 16 Jan 2026
Germany’s Far-Right AfD Courts Trump’s MAGA
Germany’s far-right party, AfD, has been meeting with Donald Trump’s team and his MAGA movement.
They want to work together on things like controlling immigration and fighting rules that control what people can say online.
The AfD wants to protect itself from being banned in Germany.
They had a big meeting in New York where they were honored and talked about working together.
Some people in the US, like a congresswoman, support the AfD and think Germany should let them have more power.
The AfD is very popular in Germany but is also seen as extreme by some.
Germany’s far-right AfD party has increased contacts with Donald Trump’s administration and MAGA movement.
Dozens of AfD officials have traveled to the US to meet senior Republicans and discuss shared policies.
AfD’s foreign policy spokesperson, Markus Frohnmaier, was honored at a New York gala and called for a alliance between American and German 'patriots'.
The AfD aims to break through Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s political 'firewall' that seeks to keep the far-right from power.
The AfD was classified as a right-wing extremist party by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, sparking debate about a potential ban.
- Who
- Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and US President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement
- What
- Intensified contacts and collaboration between AfD and Trump’s administration
- When
- Recent months, with a planned visit by US officials to Berlin in February
- Where
- Germany and the United States
- Why
- To seek common cause over policies such as curbing immigration and combating European efforts to regulate social media, and to safeguard AfD from a ban and political isolation
- Party
- Alternative for Germany (AfD)
- US President
- Donald Trump
- Movement
- Make America Great Again (MAGA)
- German Chancellor
- Friedrich Merz
- AfD's Foreign Policy Spokesperson
- Markus Frohnmaier
- US Congresswoman
- Anna Paulina Luna
- EU Regulation
- Digital Services Act
- AfD Classification
- Right-wing extremist