The election of Donald Trump as US President in 2016 also caused a stir in Germany.
The SPD is now teasing a post against the Junge Union.
Berlin - The election of
Donald Trump
*
as the 45th President of the
United States
*
in 2016 caused a surprise and sensation around the world.
Trump
ushered in a new political age in the USA, which reached
its sad climax
with the storming of the
Capitol
*
at the beginning of the year.
But it can be assumed that Trumpism will continue to shape political culture in the
USA
and especially within the Republican Party
in the years to come
.
The Trump era is over - four years after the surprising election success is over
Trump's election success in
2016 caused joy especially among populist parties in Europe.
Politicians from the AfD, FPÖ or Rassemblement National celebrated that “one of them” would now hold the most powerful office in the world.
Other party types acted rather cautiously, but sometimes congratulated Trump as the winner of a democratic election, even if they would certainly have preferred to
see
Hillary Clinton in the
White House
.
Donald Trump: Post of the Junge Union causes a stir years later - "We are excited"
Also interesting was the reaction of the
Junge Union
to the election of
Trump
, which was
picked out again mainly by the SPD, the Greens and the left
after his election defeat in November 2020 and the inauguration of his successor
Joe Biden
*
.
On January 22, 2017, the
JU's
official
account
posted
a picture of
Trump's inauguration
with the words: “There is a lot of talk, criticism and demonstration.
Let's wait and see.
We are excited. "
Perhaps the conservative
Junge Union
hoped
that Trump would
show himself to be a doer
in the
White House
and bring a breath of fresh air to the
USA
as a counterpoint to the political establishment
.
Almost four years later the
USA is
considered a divided nation.
The storming of the
Capitol
by
Trump
supporters * and conspiracy believers is seen in many places as the lowest point in the United States in recent years and decades.
The tension of the
JU
is likely to have given way to disillusionment.
Donald Trump makes room for Joe Biden - SPD celebrates nine US presidents and taunts the JU
When the
Trump
era came to
an end
on Wednesday with
Joe Biden's inauguration
*
, the
SPD
*
did not miss the
opportunity
to pick up on
the
JU's
badly aged post
and tease the youth organization.
“Congratulations Mr. President.
We are excited! ”Was the post that was published on the account of the
SPD parliamentary group
in the Bundestag.
+
"We are excited".
After Joe Biden's inauguration, the SPD taunts the Junge Union.
© Screenshot / Instagram SPD
Four years later, the
SPD is
celebrating
Joe Biden's
move
into the
White House
with the same choice of words as the JU in 2017
.
A post from the Junge Union on the
inauguration of
the 46th US President was not to be found.
(
fd
)
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