Germany’s president wraps up US charm offensive in Boston
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BOSTON — Germany’s president says his country and the United States must shift focus to upholding democracy rather than “tweets and tirades” as they wrap up a yearlong charm offensive designed to ease tensions.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivered a speech Thursday at the Goethe Institute in Boston before attending a joint concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Germany’s Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
He shared his image of the U.S. through snapshots of history when the two nations have come together, particularly around the Berlin Wall. His visit marked the 30th anniversary of the Wall’s demolition.
Germany and the U.S. have boosted cultural ties as part of a two-nation friendship campaign dubbed “Wunderbar Together” (“Wonderful Together.”)
