The German news agency dpa is reporting that the German ambassador to Washington wrote in a report back to Berlin that he expects Donald Trump to largely undermine the system of democratic checks and balances during his second term.

Germany's ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies "co-governing power",

Andreas Michaelis, Germany's ambassador to the U.S., has warned that the Trump administration will redefine the constitutional order, according to a report.

Germany's ambassador to the United States has issued an unusually stark warning to the government concerning major changes likely to occur in US policy following the inauguration of Donald Trump as president.