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"We don't want windmills. (...) Show me a country with green energy, and I will show you a bankrupt country. You know, Germany tried it. They were about two days away from extinction." President Donald Trump claimed at a campaign event that the energy transition had brought Germany to the brink of disaster. "I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your damn wine and all the crap you send us. I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your wine, your champagne, and everything you send us, Emmanuel." At the same time, he threatened him, according to his own account in a phone call, with additional tariffs of 250 percent if French pharmaceutical companies did not offer their medications in the United States at lower prices. "I call him Muhammad. Someone said his name is not Muhammad, but Abdul. (...) I am the president. I can call him whatever the hell I want. To me, he is Muhammad. And he is a radical jihadist." Furthermore, Trump made derogatory remarks about the Muslim politician Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the Senate for the Democrats. #Trump #Russland #Energiepolitik (translated)

Stepsen wrote that a post pinned to his profile against the AfD received 1,000 likes and 48 comments, most of which disagreed. Previously, the ratio of likes to comments was about 1:1, now it is 20:1. He interpreted this as a sign that many AfD bots had disappeared from X. He also wrote that Russian propaganda was decreasing; this could allow the online discourse to recover. He described the day as good for X, the online debate, and Germany, and contrasted the colors of the German flag with the blue hearts and the Russian flag. #AfD #OnlineDebatte #Deutschland (translated)

Peter Borbe wrote that Söder explicitly opposed collaboration with the AfD during "Miosga." In the other 15 federal states, however, the CDU has no Free Voters with whom they could comfortably form majorities. If they want to avoid the AfD, according to Borbe, only left-wing parties remain there. #Politik #CDU #AfD (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that 22-year-old student Marius Dick was stabbed on July 15, 2026, around 10 a.m. in Trier on a pedestrian path by 22-year-old Afghan Sajad M. After the act, Sajad M. was taken to a psychiatric clinic. There is a suspicion that he was incapable of culpability or had diminished culpability due to a mental illness, Kussmann wrote. Sajad M. had already been in a psychiatric clinic before. Despite repeated inquiries, the public prosecutor's office has not yet informed Kussmann whether he was committed at that time due to a danger to others. Marius's parents gave an interview to the Trier Volksfreund. Four weeks after the death of his son, the father suffered a heart attack and had to undergo surgery. He is currently in a rehab clinic and is supposed to come home on the weekend so that his wife and younger son are not alone. Kussmann wrote that Chancellor Merz called the parents shortly after the act because Marius’s mother was politically active in the CDU. The father reportedly urged Merz to immediately deport immigrants who had committed offenses to prevent further acts. This was a promise that Merz had made before the election. The father is now disappointed because, in his view, nothing has happened. He said that such acts could happen to anyone and accused the government of not protecting citizens. He said this would tear the CDU apart and could lead to other parties taking power. Germany is currently at a turning point, he also reportedly said. As of now, Sajad M. has not commented on the act. Kussmann wrote that she is looking forward to the trial with anticipation and fears it could end with an acquittal due to insanity and placement in overcrowded preventive detention. She announced that she would ask the public prosecutor's office again in the following week about the possible conclusion of the investigation and the status of the forensic psychiatric report. The interview can be found in the comments. #Trier #Gewalt #Justiz (translated)

The Ironman 2026 in Hawaii showed dramatic turns and intense physical struggles of the athletes, with Taylor Knibb reaching the finish line as the winner despite a collapse, while Patrick Lange had to prematurely end his last appearance on the island. #IronmanHawaii #Triathlon #SportDrama (translated)

Andrej Fiskovec wrote that Ukraine will not acquire the necessary number of interceptors for the Patriot systems from the USA before winter, even though they are critically important. According to him, European money will remain with European arms manufacturers, who will then have to seek other buyers and save their reputation. He urged the Americans to take action against a person he derogatorily referred to as a clown, otherwise, he believes there will be nothing to piece together in foreign policy in two years. #Ukrajina #zbrojování #zahraničnípolitika (translated)

A new study shows that women with macromastia not only suffer more frequently from neck and back pain, but also are 40 percent more likely to suffer from migraines and 54 percent more likely to suffer from sleep apnea, indicating a connection between breast size and certain health issues. #Makromastie #Migräne #Schlafapnoe (translated)

The black-red coalition is under strong pressure due to dwindling support, reform stalemates, and a breach of trust in cooperation with the SPD, and must now prove that it is capable of action in order to achieve economic and social progress in Germany. #SchwarzRot #Koalition #Reformen (translated)

Waldemar Hartmann reported that Gordon Schnieder (CDU), the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate, was a guest on the ARD program "Report from Berlin" after a meeting of his party's executive board. Hartmann had hoped for new insights but, in his assessment, heard the same statements as for months: People need to be taken along and their concerns taken seriously. In addition, Schnieder ruled out collaboration with the AfD. Hartmann criticized that the CDU had understood nothing and predicted it would soon be in single digits. The "death knell" is already ringing, he wrote. #CDU #RheinlandPfalz #Politik (translated)

After the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia, the death toll has risen to 23, including four minors, while President Zelensky attributes the responsibility for the war in Europe solely to Russia and emphasizes that Ukraine is ready to stop attacks on Russian refineries if Russia halts its attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities. #Saporischschja #RussischerAngriff #UkrainischerKrieg (translated)

Kutil then compared Filip Turek to Don Quixote, who fought against windmills, and Petr Macinka to his nodding sidekick Sancho. He wrote that Turek set off against the wind turbines in a thirsty eight-cylinder Mercedes G-Class, while behind him stood a coal mine. The author ironically added that the result of such a battle could be a landscape marked by quarries, tailings ponds, and chimneys, and questioned the idea that an opponent of wind farms must be a hero. #DonQuijote #českákrajina #větrnéelektrárny (translated)