DECRYPTAGE – Long a fervent supporter of the Republican candidate, the RN is more cautious this time around, hoping to move forward in its bid to make a name for itself on the political scene.
The years may pass, François Hollande remains an outstanding commentator on political life. A guest on BFMTV on Monday, on the eve of the American presidential election, the former head of state – who is hoping for the victory of Kamala Harris – was keen to highlight the “ discretion “ from “ Marine Le Pen and friends “ on “ what’s going on in the United States as she rejoiced in victory “ from Donald Trump in 2016.
Four years after the Republican candidate’s shock and awe exit from the White Househis French ex-partisans are cautious. They refuse to commit themselves as clearly as they did four or eight years ago.
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Back then, Marine Le Pen loudly proclaims her support for the billionaire, whose anti-system, protectionist and anti-immigration rhetoric echoes her own. After successive victories for Brexit in the UK and the former real estate magnate in the US, the President of the Front National (now Rassemblement National) intends to ride this populist wave in the run-up to the 2017 presidential election. To the point of hoping to meet the new American president, whom she will wait for – in vain – in the lobby of Trump Tower in January, a few days before the septuagenarian’s inauguration.
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