President-elect Donald Trump watched the election results roll in accompanied by a far-right German politician who’s been convicted of theft and accused of taking part in pornographic films, the Daily Beast reported Tuesday. Phillipp-Anders Rau, a candidate for the right-wing German Alternative für ...

Summary

Donald Trump spent election night at Mar-a-Lago with Philipp-Anders Rau, a far-right German politician from the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, which is classified as a “suspected extremist” group by German intelligence.

Rau, convicted of theft and accused of appearing in pornographic films (which he denies), praised the meeting with Trump on social media.

The AfD has promoted extremist policies, including mass deportation.

Despite Rau’s controversial history, he was allowed entry due to a formal invitation.

  • @very_well_lostEnglish
    82•17 hours ago

    What a garbage headline… The “pornstar” bit completely buries the lede for the sake of clicks by making people think this is another Stormy Daniels situation, but this is not that.

    This dude is a German politician and literal Nazi, which is far more interesting and important than the fact he may have done some porn.

    This is the worst kind of clickbait.