At Maischberger
“A mummy or a madman”: Dieter Nuhr looks horrified at the US election
Dieter Nuhr visits Sandra Maischberger
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On Wednesday evening, cabaret artist Dieter Nuhr was a guest of Sandra Maischberger. There he made it clear what he thinks of the upcoming US election – and what bothers him about Germany.
Dieter Nuhr rarely keeps his opinions hidden. This was also the case on Wednesday evening on the talk show Sandra Maischberger. The topic of the evening was German social policy. But that wasn’t the only thing that mattered to the cabaret artist.
Dieter Nuhr with Sandra Maischberger
He also made it clear how he feels about the upcoming US election in November. “My next guest says: This will be a great election! A mummy against a madman,” said Maischberger about the satirist. “I find it all grotesque. I’m stunned by it,” he said again. When it comes to Joe Biden, it is not known whether he will still be aware that he is running as a candidate in the fall. “And Trump recently called Viktor Orban the leader of the Turks. You think, yes, that’s funny, but that’s actually not a laughing matter. Actually, I could despair the whole time,” said Nuhr.
What he criticizes about Germany is that discussions are seen too black and white. “More and more, a main solution is being given in the discussion, and if you don’t follow it, you are morally inferior,” he criticized the debate culture in this country. “You ask yourself: Why is there only this one solution?” When evaluating demonstrations and their participants, a distinction is rarely made between “right-wing and right-wing extremist,” said Nuhr.
In the toilet without a cell phone
The cabaret artist makes it clear who and what he thinks is right-wing extremist: “For me, nationalistic thinking is right-wing extremist. This is what fundamentally distinguishes Björn Höcke from the rest of the democratic parties, that he differentiates between ethnicities and assumes different reproductive mechanisms for peoples,” explains Nuhr.
The cabaret artist is currently losing “the truth” in Germany, which he attributes to the flood of information that we are all exposed to. “We used to open the newspaper in the morning and think: ‘What kind of shit is this?’ and fold it back up again. Today you are confronted with the problems from morning to evening,” he says of the flood of news on smartphones. He also sometimes took his cell phone with him to the toilet, but is trying to leave it alone. “Basically, I’m forcing myself not to take my cell phone to the toilet at the moment,” says Nuhr. A tip that he would probably also give to his fans.
source: Maischberger (ARD)