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"Following Trump’s win, Europe’s conventional Atlanticist conservatives (optimistic about their ability to constrain and even co-opt a deal-hungry president) and its radical right (which saw his win as...legitimising) sought to embrace him. Both sentiments are now fading."

ft.comThe European right is pivoting away from AmericaElectoral logic is driving a shift as polls lay bare European disgust at the US administration

Dave Keating

@davekeating.substack.com

This part of @jeremycliffe.bsky.social's op-ed is key. Our centrist leaders are being outflanked in anti-Trumpism by the far right. "That poses a challenge for centrist and progressive parties, which could conceivably find themselves outflanked by the right in their opposition to Trump."

23/4/26, 7:41 am2 reposts8 likes

Dave Keating

@davekeating.substack.com

23 Apr

I wrote about this phenomenon, and the risk it presents, last month. We've got the AfD tapping into the now-widespread anti-American sentiment by calling for the expulsion of US troops from Germany. Meanwhile mainstream politicians and the MSM are silent.

davekeating.substack.comGermany's far right calls for expulsion of US troopsAs Europe's centre right and far right join forces, the only thing left separating them is support for Trump's America. But it's the centre appeasing Trump, while the far right opposes his aggression.