His foreign minister, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, recalled that Schmidt was of the opinion that the world would be fairer if he was president of the United States and Carter the German chancellor.
他的外长汉斯-迪特里希·根舍曾经回忆道,施密特当时的看法是,要是他是美国总统、卡特是德国总理的话,世界会更加美好。