Editing Helmut Schmidt (section)

== Friendships ==
[[File:MSC 2014 Schmidt GiscardDEstaing Kissinger Bahr2 Zwez MSC2014.jpg|thumb|right|Schmidt with [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]], [[Henry Kissinger]] and [[Egon Bahr]] (2014)]]

Schmidt described the assassinated Egyptian president [[Anwar Sadat]] as one of his friends from the world of politics, and maintained a friendship with ex-president [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] of France. His circle also included former Singapore Prime Minister [[Lee Kuan Yew]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Schmidt's end-of-life wish: To see Mr Lee once more |work=Today |date=2015-11-12 |url=https://www.todayonline.com/world/schmidts-end-life-wish-see-mr-lee-once-more |access-date=2021-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The world according to two old friends: Lee Kuan Yew and Helmut Schmidt |work=The Straits Times |date=2012-09-22 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/the-world-according-to-two-old-friends-lee-kuan-yew-and-helmut-schmidt |access-date=2021-10-03}}</ref> and former U.S. Secretaries of State [[George Shultz]]<ref>{{cite news |title=4 very powerful friends: Lee Kuan Yew, Helmut Schmidt, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz |work=The Straits Times |date=2012-07-21 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/4-very-powerful-friends-lee-kuan-yew-helmut-schmidt-henry-kissinger-george-shultz |access-date=2021-10-03}}</ref> and [[Henry Kissinger]]. Kissinger went on record as stating that he wished to predecease Helmut Schmidt, because he would not wish to live in a world without him.<ref>''Helmut Schmidt – der deutsche Kanzler'', documentary, [[ZDF]] 2008.</ref>

He was also good friends with former Canadian Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]]. At the [[4th G7 summit]] in 1978, the two discussed strategies for the upcoming [[1979 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal election]], and Schmidt gave him advice on economic policy.<ref>{{cite book |last=Martin |first=Lawrence |title=Chrétien: The Will to Win |location=Toronto |publisher=Lester Publishing |date=1995 |page=262 |isbn=978-1-895555-75-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0WtSNAzFaMC }}</ref> In 2011, Schmidt made a pilgrimage to the Trudeau family vault in [[St-Rémi-de-Napierville Cemetery]], accompanied by [[Jean Chrétien]] and [[Tom Axworthy]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Chrétien and former German leader visit Trudeau's tomb |work=The Canadian Press |date=2011-06-01 |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/06/01/chrtien_and_former_german_leader_visit_trudeaus_tomb.html |access-date=2021-02-22}}</ref>