Yes, and then there were his remarks about the Chinese ("choke them until they find Duisburg beautiful") and Romanians. But I think that's more because he's a provincial boob than because he's an active xenophobe. Certainly a racist would not see the need for a ministry for migration issues, nor tolerate someone like Armin Laschet, who certainly says all the right things.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman