German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier believes Donald Trump becoming US president would be a “frightening” prospect for the world, his spokeswoman says.
Steinmeier “is not neutral” on whether the Republican candidate is fit to occupy the Oval Office, Sawsan Chebli tells reporters.
“He is of the opinion that it is frightening, if you follow Trump’s remarks, what could become of this world if Trump actually became president,” she says. “The foreign minister is calling attention to that and that is his right.”
German chancellor Angela Merkel (R), German Vice Chancellor, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel (C) and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier laugh during a plenary session at the lower house of Parliament Bundestag in Berlin ahead of NATO summit in Warsaw on July 7, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/John MACDOUGALL)
Angela Merkel’s spokeswoman tells the same news conference that the chancellor will stand by her policy of not commenting on the US election campaign.
Steinmeier, a Social Democrat, has already compared Trump last week to a “hate preacher,” saying he has much in common with “fear-mongers” in Germany’s right-wing populist AfD party as well as advocates of Britain’s exit from the EU.
French President Francois Hollande also said recently that Trump makes “you want to retch,” following the Republican’s “hurtful and humiliating comments” against the Muslim parents of a slain US soldier who criticized him.
— AFP
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