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Exclusive: Leaked trove reveals extent of far-right AfD’s efforts to court Trump and Maga allies
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PUBLISHEDOct 23, 2026, 11:07 AM
What the source reports
Documents show German party’s scramble to request support after president’s 2016 election win and co-leader’s pursuit of Steve Bannon A data leak from Germany’s far-right German Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has revealed the extent of efforts by the party to court Donald Trump and other leading figures in the Maga movement, stretching back more than a decade.
The trove reveals the pains the AfD took in wooing the president, whom they saw from the beginning as a potential ally,…
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