"Agenda of common sense": US President Donald Trump reacts to the federal election

Business Insider Germany "Agenda of common sense": US President Donald Trump reacts to the federal election Article by Steffen Bosse • ​​6 hours • 1 minute reading time Donald Trump commented on the federal election - and congratulated the Union on its victory. The first projections for the 2025 federal election are out. According to them, the CDU/CSU is in the lead with 28.8 percent, followed by the AfD with 20.2 percent. Reactions from the USA were not long in coming. Quite the opposite: US President Donald Trump commented on his platform Truth Social at 7:51 p.m. German time. In it, he congratulated the CDU – somewhat prematurely – on its election victory and expressed his joy that German citizens had chosen a "common sense agenda" - "especially on energy and immigration". This is a great day for Germany and for the USA under his leadership, Trump continues in capital letters. It is surprising that the joy seems to be so great. His Vice President JD Vance had called for the firewall to be lifted at the Munich Security Conference. And Elon Musk, also associated with the Trump administration, had spoken out very clearly in support of the AfD during the election campaign. Most recently on election day with a tweet that had been viewed over 38 million times by 8 p.m., according to X.