Knife attacks and crime in general are themes consistently being exploited by Frau Weidel, the very impressive and articulate leader of the AFD. It is not a coincidence that this comes at a time when Donald Trump is moving against crime in Washington DC because the AFD platform is perfectly interchangeable with MAGA.
That is the upside. The downside is that the AFD openly wants to trade with Russia and China and exclude American nukes from Europe and reduce or eliminate American military forces in Germany.
One could say there is no daylight between Trump and Weidel on this issue as well.

I'm failing to see any downside. I would love to see us withdraw from NATO and remove all of our troops and nukes from Europe. The EU is leading Europe down the dystopian path to totalitarianism and we need to step aside and let them travel that suicidal path to destruction without us also being dragged down.
Socialist Germany have not learned a thing. The are still Totalitarian, but they simply hide under socialism. They still hate USA. And we have pampered them since WWII.
If US survives (we will) we must cut off the sugar teat.
Trump is doing exactly that. Like spoiled children they are plotting against Father Trump.
True, but: Please take into account that we need good relationships with all three nations - America, Russia, China.
Germany is on the same landmass as the latter two, thus, we have no ocean Rio protect us - and we don’t really culturally belong to any of them. We are a case apart, culturally, and we should keep our distance.
This does not mean, however, that we should hate each other. Why not envision the future with Germany heeding the advice of George Washington: friendship and trade with every nation, but entangling alliances with none.
However, maybe not too surprising for someone with autism like I am, I myself believe in isolationism. No relations, no conflicts. Furthermore: If we didn’t have to feed the deadbeats EU and the millions of deadbeat invaders and endure their criminal proclivities, everything would be fine, and the national defence would be affordable once more.
But for that, and for a removal of that leftist woke dirt, which has infected my country, we would need an administration which is willing to clean up the entire mess.
They have made a fish soup out of the aquarium which had been the German economy - and, needless to say, it is very difficult to turn a fish soup into an aquarium again. Kudos to our Eastern neighbours for this fitting proverb.🙂
America has truly been blessed by having President Trump, who is doing the very same for his people, which would be needed over here🙂