Thats CARNIVAL.
Politicians do not only get targetted during carnival by irnocic omemnts and jokes at their cost, but also participate in it like many normal citizens, too. In some regions, carnival is a holiday, shops are closed, big festivities ihn the street, plenty of parties, cabaret shows.
Its not my thing, but its what it is. Karneval. Fasching. A bit like Halloween. Just XXL-sized. And far too serious a matter to laugh about.
It comes and it goes. In the end, in Germany its just a limited season for dressing like a fool and do foolish stuff. In America, you can dress and behave like a Donald and do like fools do day in, day out, year in, year out. So no reason to mock Germany for its timely limited "Karneval" - it could be worse.
