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ER Editor: This is the 8-minute video interview being posted on Twitter. Alas, we don’t have German to be able to understand this —
Translation: On Monday, September 15, 2025, Beatrix von Storch and Joachim Paul (AfD candidate for the office of mayor in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) were officially received in Washington D.C. The meeting took place in the White House, or in adjacent government buildings; exact location details are not publicly specified for security reasons and only became known through AfD-affiliated media and social media posts. Von Storch and Paul met with high-ranking representatives of the Trump Administration, including advisors from the State Department and the National Security Council. Von Storch and Paul warned of an “escalation against opposition parties” in Germany and Europe. They addressed the domestic intelligence surveillance of the AfD and possible ban proceedings, which they portray as an “attack on democracy.” The U.S. side expressed “concern” over “censorship in Europe” and compared it to Trump’s struggles against the “Deep State.” The AfD presented the meeting as a success: “While Berlin stonewalls, America shows interest in real democracy!” Video source: NiUS
Am Montag, den 15. September 2025, wurde Beatrix von Storch und Joachim Paul (AfD-Kandidat für das Bürgermeisteramt in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) in Washington D.C. offiziell empfangen.
Das Treffen fand im Weißen Haus, oder in angrenzenden Regierungsgebäuden statt, genaue… pic.twitter.com/0UDAVsK6WK— Lexa 🇩🇪 (@rebew_lexa) September 15, 2025
Translation: NIUS-Exclusive: Now the US Government is Getting Involved – AfD Candidate Paul as Guest in the White House In all quietness, AfD parliamentary group deputy Beatrix von Storch has made contact with the White House and the administration of Donald Trump. On Monday, the Berlin member of parliament was received in Washington together with the mayoral candidate from Ludwigshafen, Joachim Paul. NIUS was there live. Click here
NIUS-Exklusiv: Jetzt schaltet sich die US-Regierung ein – AfD-Kandidat Paul im Weißen Haus zu Gast
In aller Stille hat AfD-Fraktionsvize Beatrix von Storch Kontakt zum Weißen Haus und der Administration von Donald Trump aufgenommen. Am Montag wurde die Berliner Abgeordnete… pic.twitter.com/HrHZBDlWva
— Christian Abel AfD (@erdbeerbuegler) September 15, 2025
Mayoral candidate for the town of Ludwigshafen in west Germany (below Frankfurt), who accompanied Beatrix von Storch, Joachim Paul, was the subject of this short European Conservative report on August 5 —
AfD Candidate Barred From Mayoral Race
The local election committee in the German city of Ludwigshafen has ruled that Joachim Paul, a politician from the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, cannot run for mayor in the upcoming election on September 21. The decision was based on what officials described as “doubts about his loyalty to the constitution,” following a review by the domestic intelligence agency.
The committee—made up of members from Germany’s main establishment parties (the SPD, CDU, FDP) and a local independent group (FWG)—voted to block Paul’s candidacy. The AfD was not represented on the committee.
Thus Paul was running in a WEST German town, or attempted to, where the AfD are now making inroads. Highly significant. See this we published this week —
AfD Leads Polling in 27 West German Districts
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Top AfD politician makes surprise visit to White House
Vice President JD Vance has spoken out against the far-right AfD’s political exclusion in Germany.
CHRIS LUNDAY, PAULINE von PEZOLD and FERDINAND KNAPP for POLITICO.EU
The pair met with officials from the U.S. National Security Council, the State Department and Vance’s office, the people said. An AfD official, granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, said they did not meet with the vice president.
A White House official confirmed the meeting and said that representatives of the national security council, the vice president’s office and the State Department attended.
The talks focused on democratic participation and election procedures in Germany, according to the AfD and White House officials. Paul, whose candidacy was disqualified by a German court earlier this year, was presented as a case study in what the AfD describes as the narrowing of political freedoms in Germany.
At the Munich Security Conference in February, Vance raised eyebrows by questioning Germany’s political “firewall” against the AfD, a political agreement by other forces not to include the far-right party in governance. Mainstream parties say the policy is intended to avoid a repeat of country’s Nazi era.
In a speech focused on democratic representation, Vance argued that excluding the far-right party from dialogue undermines voter legitimacy. “There is no place for firewalls,” Vance said, in comments interpreted by most as referring to German politics. Later, in Munich, Vance went a step further by holding a meeting with AfD co-leader Alice Weidel.
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