Trump calls to Make Germany Great Again. In Germany, nostalgia carries a dark past.

Trump calls to Make Germany Great Again. In Germany, nostalgia carries a dark past.

President Trump used a call to restore German greatness Tuesday to celebrate a far-right party that others have denounced as antisemitic. Why it matters: Trump promoting the AfD, or Alternative for Germany, comes as the nation's political mainstream has spent years keeping the party — which intelligence authorities has classified as extremist — out of power. The AfD won a record 44% in Saxony-Anhalt's elections, putting Germany within reach of its first far-right state government since World War