The Governor of the State of Minnesota, Tim Walz, has called To jointly defend democracy and human rights. “Cultural, economic and political relations between Germany and the United States are more important than ever,” Walz said Sunday in Kuppenheim, Baden-Württemberg.
There, the Democratic Party politician who is running for vice president in 2024 visited his ancestral homeland. In the afternoon he traveled with a business delegation to Zurich, Berlin and Düsseldorf.
He wanted to convince the European people that… “America understands that it still has a responsibility to its friends,” Walz said. Although these are “politically interesting times” in the US, values such as cohesion, community and honesty still apply to most Americans. “We see not only problems, but also opportunities to solve those problems.”
With regard to migration in the US, he said, In Minnesota, migrants are welcomed like neighbors. It is important to establish friendly relationships. His great-grandfather Sebastian Walz (1843-1915) emigrated to the United States in 1867.
US President Donald Trump is also from Germany. His grandfather Friedrich Trump (1869-1918) emigrated to America from Kallstadt an der Weinstrasse in falz in 1885.
