Biden Says Germany’s Projected Election Winner Is ‘Solid’ Party
- ‘I’ll be darned,’ president says as Social Democrats take lead
- Comments at White House after return from presidential retreat
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President Joe Biden hadn’t heard Germany’s election results when he returned to Washington from his weekend retreat on Sunday, but he complimented the projected winner.
“I’ll be darned,” Biden said when a reporter told him that the Social Democrats were ahead in the election, which will determine who replaces Angela Merkel as German chancellor. “They’re solid,” he said.