German Chancellor said he prefers U.S. President Joe Biden to his predecessor, Donald Trump, and hoped Biden would be re-elected for a second term in office, writes Reuters.

Addressing pupils at a primary school close to Berlin, Olaf Scholz accused Trump of being divisive and that he would be bad not only for the United States but also for Germany.

The unusually direct language used by Scholz could reflect how bilateral relations were often strained during the Trump presidency, led at the time by Scholz’s predecessor Angela Merkel, when Scholz was finance minister.

Responding to a pupil’s question, Scholz said: “I think the current president is better, so I want him to be re-elected. Biden’s many years of public service mean exactly what you have to do to prevent the world from going to war”.

Referring to Trump, Scholz said: “If all people are only against each other, then there cannot be a good future, and that is why the former president certainly stands for a great division in the country”.