United States President Donald Trump expressed support for European Ultra right leader Marine Le Pen after the French presidential candidate was convicted of embezzlement and prevented from holding political positions.
“Libertem Marine Le Pen,” Trump wrote on the social network Truth Social on Friday (4), calling the court’s decision “Witch Hunting.”
The message is the latest high-level endorsement of its administration to an ultra-right party in Europe and comes at the time the US president overthrow decades of post-World War security guarantees compared to the continent, with foreign and commercial policies “America First”.
Le Pen’s hopes of becoming president of France in 2027 were interrupted on Monday (31), when a Paris court prevented her from running a public office for five years after she was considered guilty of misuse of the European Union.
The proa figure of the Ultracereite National Meeting Party (RN) was seen as the favorite for the next election, and the decision left French policy in disorder.
“I don’t know Marine Le Pen, but I appreciate how hard she worked for for so many years,” Trump wrote.
He continued, “She suffered losses, but continued, and now, just before what would be a great victory, they catch her for a smaller accusation she probably knew nothing – seems like an” accounting “mistake to me.”
“Everything is so bad for France and the great French people, no matter which side they are,” the Republican continued.
The president of the case of Le Pen, Bénédicte de Perthuis, said that politics are equivalent to a “serious and lasting attack on the rules of democratic life in Europe, but especially in France.”
In addition to the ban, she received a sentence of four years in prison with two years suspended, to be served under house arrest, and a fine of € 100,000 ($ 108,000).
Le Pen, daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded his party when he was known as the National Front, criticized the sentence as a “purely political decision” in a television interview and said the “rule of law” [foi] completely violated. ”She plans to appeal, her lawyer announced.
Trump called the conviction “a big deal” on Monday (31), drawing parallels with his own legal tangles. His comments on Friday (4) went further, with criticism incisive to European politicians.
“Witch hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European leftists using Lawfare to silence freedom of expression and censor his political opponent, this time going so far as to put this opponent in prison,” the Republican expressed.
There is no indication that Le Pen will serve a sentence in prison.
Trump’s feeling echoes his main advisor Elon Musk, who also publicly criticized Le Pen’s sentence earlier this week, writing on his X platform: “When the radical left cannot win through democratic vote, they abuse the legal system to arrest their opponents.”
When the radical left can’t win via democratic vote, They Abuse the Legal System to Jail Their Optoponnts.
This is their standard playbook through the world. https://t.co/fgmgeyq2rp
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 31, 2025
The Trump government protested against attacks on other far -right politicians in Europe, including a court decision to repeat the Romanian presidential election, which had a surprise victory for an far right candidate.
The country’s Constitutional Court annulled the initial result after disqualified intelligence reports discovered a possible Russian interference in the Calin Georgescu campaign -powered by Tiktok.
A repetition is scheduled for May, but Georgescu has been prevented from competing.
Vice President JD Vance also publicly supported ultra-right groups in Europe, including the Alternative For Germany (AFD) anti -imigration party in Germany.
Musk also supported AFD, asking the Germans to vote for the right group in the elections earlier this year, as well as in the English ultra -right figure Tommy Robinson.
The AFD almost doubled its share of votes and went to second place in the polls, behind the Centro-right Christian Democratic Union.
This content was originally published in Trump expressed public support to Marine Le Pen after conviction in France on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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