Trump supports Le Pen after her conviction

Trump supports Le Pen after her conviction

Former US President Donald Trump has given his support for the controversial French politician Marine Le Pen. This happened after Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and was excluded by political offices for five years. In a post on Truth, Trump wrote: "Free Marine Le Pen" and described the judgment as "witch hunt".

Trump's support for Le Pen

This support is not the first top-class approval of a US president for a right-wing extremist party in Europe. It falls into a time when Trump and his “America First” policies question the decades of security guarantees on the European continent after the Second World War. Le Pens ambitions to become President of France in 2027 were destroyed on Monday when a Paris court decided to exclude them from the exercise of office due to their conviction. The chairman of the right -wing extremist National rally (marginal) was the favorite for the next election, but the judgment has overthrown French politics.

le Pens reaction to the conviction

Trump said in another post: "I don't know Marine Le Pen, but I guess how hard she has worked for many years. She has experienced setbacks, but she continued, and now, shortly before a big victory, you get her because of a smaller indictment that she probably didn't know about a 'accounting error'." He also said: "Everything is so bad for France and the great French people, no matter which side they are on."

The legal consequences for Le Pen

The presiding judge in Le Pens Fall, Bénédicte de Perthuis, said that the politician's actions were a "serious and permanent attack on the rules of democratic life in Europe, especially in France". In addition to the exclusion, a four -year prison sentence was imposed on probation that she has to spend under house arrest, as well as a fine of 100,000 euros.

political parallels and international reactions

Trump described the conviction as a "very big thing" and pulled parallels to his own legal disputes. He also criticized the European politicians and described the "witch hunt" against Le Pen as a further attempt by the European left to use case law in order to suppress freedom of expression and censor political opponents. In the meantime there is no evidence that Le Pen actually has to go to prison.

Extended support for right -wing extremist movements

Trump's views are similar to those of his advisor Elon Musk, who also publicly criticized the condemnation of Le Pen and wrote on his platform X: "If the radical left cannot gain over democratic elections, she uses the legal system to put her opponents into prison." The Trump administration also protested against perceived attacks on other right-wing extremist politicians in Europe, such as against a judgment that had the Romanian presidential election repeated after reports on possible Russian influence.

Further support from Trump confidants

Vice President JD Vance has also supported public right-wing extremists in Europe, including the anti-immigrant alternative for Germany (AfD). Musk also supported the AfD and asked the Germans to choose the right -wing group in the elections. In these elections, the AfD almost doubled its vote and reached second place behind the center-right cdu.

These developments show how American politics and in particular the former Trump confidants continue to practice and influence the European political parquet.