After the election of Donald Trump as the new US President, Hesse’s Prime Minister Boris Rhein (CDU) continues to rely on good cooperation with the USA. «The American people made their decision in a democratic, free election. Germany and Hesse will work well with any US administration,” he explained in the short message service X. “Our countries have a close friendship that lasts even in challenging times.”
Europe must now become a player on the world stage, “otherwise we will become other people’s playthings.” It is high time for real European sovereignty to be exercised – in defense, in security, in foreign policy, in the economy.
The classifications of the election campaign were obviously very much influenced “by what some people here want and little by what really moves people in the USA,” Rhein also told the German Press Agency. “It obscured the view of what was going on, was actually going on in the USA, particularly in the Midlands.”
This wishful thinking must now stop. “We have to deal with the realities and we now have to formulate our interests very clearly and unambiguously in this situation.”
It is completely clear that the USA remains the most important partner, Rhein continued. All levels, the federal government and the states are now responsible for putting this partnership on a reliable and common basis under the given conditions.
After four years, Republican Donald Trump is returning to the White House as US President. After a heated and often aggressive election campaign, the 78-year-old won surprisingly clearly over his Democratic opponent, outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris (60). According to forecasts, Trump achieved the necessary majority of more than 270 voters early this morning (local time) to secure the presidency again.
