BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz praised US Vice President Kamala Harris as a “competent and skilled” politician who might properly win the US election, however he stopped in need of endorsing her over Republican Donald Trump.
Scholz had been unusually direct in his endorsement of US Joe Biden earlier than the latter dropped his reelection bid final weekend and endorsed Harris because the Democratic Occasion’s candidate to face Trump within the November election.
Many German politicians worry Trump might impose increased tariffs on imports if he returned to workplace, they usually have raised questions on US help for the NATO navy alliance.
Germany was continuously the main target of Trump’s ire throughout his first time period because of its commerce surplus with the US and low spending on defence. Berlin has nonetheless in recent times upped its defence spending.
“The election marketing campaign within the USA will definitely be thrilling, now with a barely new line-up and a brand new constellation,” Scholz instructed an annual summer season information convention on Wednesday.
“I believe it is rather potential that Kamala Harris will win the election, however the American voters will resolve.”
Scholz stated he had met Harris a number of instances.
“This can be a competent and skilled politician who is aware of precisely what she is doing,” he stated. “She is aware of what she needs and what she will be able to do.”
