#AfD is a party designated as a suspected #extremist organization by German #intelligence.

As the meeting evolved into a general gripe session, the AfD politicians told Samson, then 26, & several other #US diplomats that they feared #Germany’s government might ban their party, acc/to Mr. Paul & another person familiar with the conversation.

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The Americans railed against European #regulation of #socialmedia, calling it a tool for stamping out conservative opinions. And the group discussed a bogus #FarRight #ConspiracyTheory that mainstream European leaders were seeking to replace #white populations with nonwhite immigrants.

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The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s #CultureWar With Europe

Five years out of college, Samuel Samson has driven the #Trump administration’s push to upend the #US’ postwar relationship with #Europe.

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