PoliticsSamoa PM apologises after Nazi salute video emerges

Samoa Prime Minister La’auli Leuatea Schmidt has apologised after a newly surfaced 2007 video showed him leading a Nazi salute and saying “Heil Hitler” at a family gathering on Savai‘i. He called the words and gesture inappropriate, rejected Nazism, antisemitism, racism and extremism, and said the episode did not reflect his beliefs or Samoa’s values.

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AAl Jazeera★★★☆☆2026-10-05 05:08Original