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Donald Trump has gone too far for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen
Donald Trump has been frequently compared (including by me) to "far-right" populist movements in Europe. Indeed, scholarly experts on fascism say that this — rather than fascism — is the correct comparison to make about Trump.
But as David Kirkpatrick writes in the New York Times, Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's very successful populist right party Front National, actually thinks Trump has gone too far:
Mr. Trump on Monday evoked comparisons to Ms. Le Pen and her European counterparts with his call to close American borders to all Muslims "until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on."
Ms. Le Pen said that was too much for her, perhaps in part because she feared jeopardizing the progress she had made in shedding her party’s previous image as racist and anti-Semitic.
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Donald Trump has gone too far for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen
Donald Trump has been frequently compared (including by me) to "far-right" populist movements in Europe. Indeed, scholarly experts on fascism say that this — rather than fascism — is the correct comparison to make about Trump.
But as David Kirkpatrick writes in the New York Times, Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's very successful populist right party Front National, actually thinks Trump has gone too far:
Mr. Trump on Monday evoked comparisons to Ms. Le Pen and her European counterparts with his call to close American borders to all Muslims "until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on."
Ms. Le Pen said that was too much for her, perhaps in part because she feared jeopardizing the progress she had made in shedding her party’s previous image as racist and anti-Semitic.
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