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Europe’s Right Pulls Back From Trump

Leaders cite political risk from the Iran war, rising oil prices, a clash with Pope Leo XIV.

Overview

  • MS NOW reports that far-right leaders across Europe are now keeping their distance from President Trump.
  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called Trump's attacks on Pope Leo XIV unacceptable, prompting Trump to criticize her for defending the pope.
  • German AfD lawmakers, Romanian MEP Diana Sosoaca, and France's Marine Le Pen voiced public breaks with Trump, with Le Pen calling the Iran war a mistake.
  • The administration’s push to help Viktor Orbán, which included Vice President J.D. Vance campaigning in Hungary, is reported to have backfired as Orbán lost in a landslide.
  • Nigel Farage downplayed his ties to Trump, reflecting how higher oil prices from the Iran conflict have turned association with him into a political cost at home.