Overview
- The AfD group in the district council submitted the application, which the Landkreis confirmed as received.
- The Kreistag will debate and decide on 29 October, and Landrat Hans-Ulrich Ihlenfeld said he doubts the AfD can win a majority.
- AfD leaders justify the honor by crediting Trump with easing the Israel/Gaza conflict and facilitating hostage releases, and by citing his Kallstadt family roots.
- Kallstadt mayor Thomas Jaworek criticized the proposal, rejecting interference from higher municipal bodies and noting the AfD holds no seats on the local council.
- The AfD says it drafted an honorary-citizenship statute and points to an invitation from Chancellor Friedrich Merz, while a similar 2017 bid by Die Republikaner in Kallstadt failed.