The Rio de Janeiro mayor’s remark comes after the chancellor spoke disparagingly of another Brazilian city that hosted a climate summit

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is a “Nazi,” the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, has said. The now-deleted X post came in response to Merz’s disparaging comment about another Brazilian city, Belem, which hosted the UN Climate Summit.

The German chancellor spent a day at the international event earlier this month. On returning to Berlin, he shared his impressions of the city in northern Brazil with the attendees of a trade conference in the German capital last Thursday.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world,” Merz said, adding: “last week, I asked some journalists who were with me in Brazil: ‘Who among you would like to stay here?’ Not one hand raised. They were all glad that we had returned to Germany, especially from this place we had just been to.”

Hey Chancellor @_FriedrichMerz, far be it from me to spread gossip, but the mayor of Rio de Janeiro called you a son of Hitler, a bum, and a Nazi.

Harsh, right? pic.twitter.com/fpneMtnE9g

— TeAtualizei

Source: RT - Daily news