Europe’s Far Right Is Turning on Trump
The president’s attempt to influence elections across the Atlantic is backfiring.
Morten Messerschmidt has a gift for theatrics. On Facebook, the far-right politician posts a steady stream of direct-to-camera videos, showing his thatch of blond hair and perennially raised eyebrows that indicate keen interest in his own observations. He uses buzzwords such as ...
The strongest version of this narrative is that Trump’s aggressive foreign policy has alienated even his former far-right allies in Europe, revealing the limits of transnational nationalist movements. The article effectively highlights how local priorities—such as Denmark’s sovereignty over Greenland—can override ideological alignment, forcing far-right parties to distance themselves from Trump to avoid political damage. The piece also underscores the unintended consequences of foreign interfere...