Merz accuses AfD of "ethnic cleansing," cancels Trump call

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz cancelled a planned phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump after Trump congratulated AfD on "a great Easter" following its victory in Saxony-Anhalt. In the Bundestag, Merz sharply criticized AfD, arguing that the party's ideas will lead Germany to ruin and comparing its migration policy to "ethnic cleansing."