Overview

• NRW Minister-President Hendrik Wüst recounted Helmut Kohl telling him “Bub, du musst mehr essen!” during the 2005 Bundestag campaign.
• He also described a later Brauhaus meal in Berlin where Kohl ate a second slice of Schweinebraten from his plate, which Wüst related with humor.
• Wüst said a 1990 trip to the then‑DDR led him to back reunification and align with Kohl’s CDU rather than the SPD.
• A prerecorded video produced by Radio Bremen showed SPD veteran Björn Engholm praising Wüst as “jemand mit Zukunft,” which was aired during the broadcast.
• He addressed the AfD by saying its voters are not “all bad people,” a remark highlighted in coverage of the appearance.