Demonstrators protest Donald Trump in Germany
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - About 300 people protested Donald Trump's election as the next American president outside the U.S. Embassy by the German capital's landmark Brandenburg Gate.
The peaceful protesters Saturday waved signs with slogans like "Love Trumps Hate" and "Make Love, Not Trump."
Ahead of national elections in Germany next year, the anti-immigrant nationalist Alternative For Germany party, known as AfD, has been gaining support. One protester's sign read "Germany: Don't make the same mistake in 2017, AfD(equals)Trump."
AfD co-leader Frauke Petry applauded Trump's election, saying Friday it offered "a historic opportunity to address erroneous global economic and social developments of the past decades."
President Barack Obama meets in Berlin next week with Chancellor Angela Merkel and several other European leaders, and is expected to confront global concerns about Trump's election.