{"id":3837,"date":"2026-11-04T23:03:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2026-11-04T23:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:03:58","slug":"european-far-right-distances-itself-from-trump-blaming-iran-war-for-republicans-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3837","title":{"rendered":"European far right distances itself from Trump, blaming Iran war for Republicans’ defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Europe\u2019s far-right politicians on Wednesday began to distance themselves from Donald Trump following the Democrats\u2019 victory in the US midterm elections \u2013 but mostly avoided directly criticising the president himself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The realignment is notable as many of the leaders celebrated their ideological ties with Trump following \u200chis victory in 2024, with some of them visiting Washington, DC, since then and receiving backing from his billionaire ally Elon Musk.<\/p>\n

Jordan Bardella, leader of France\u2019s National Rally, which most polls suggest could form the next government, typified the political shift.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s second term was less isolationist than his first from 2017 to 2021, Bardella said. \u201cAmerican intervention regarding Iran carries very heavy consequences\u201d for economies around the world, \u200bhe added, without mentioning Trump as being behind that intervention.<\/p>\n

In Germany, Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, also attributed the loss to \u200bIran. \u201cTrump had promised his voters not to pursue an interventionist foreign policy \u2026 This broken promise has now come back to haunt \u2060the Republicans,\u201d she told news outlet T-Online.<\/p>\n

Trump acknowledged the war with Iran had played a role in his party\u2019s losses but said he stood by his decision.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Cost of living pressures<\/h3>\n

In Italy, Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League party, which is part of the ruling coalition, said: \u201cThe American result was influenced above all by the wars, international tensions \u200band the increase in the cost of living, the consequences of which fall directly on families.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hope is that this vote can represent an acceleration towards the end of the conflicts and a return to peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roberto Vannacci, a former Italian general who leads the far-right Futuro Nazionale party, said the US result showed the political dangers of failing to deliver on electoral promises. Vannacci has \u200bpreviously expressed admiration for Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d brand of nationalist politics but has since criticised the president over foreign policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump failed to live up to expectations, was unable to \u200bbring the war between Russia and Ukraine to an end and launched a war against Iran,\u201d Vannacci told ANSA news agency, arguing that the resulting rise in energy prices and economic \u200cand stock \u2060market turmoil had hurt the US middle class and contributed to the election result.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ties with Trump could become an \u2018Electoral liability\u2019<\/h3>\n

Europe\u2019s far-right leaders were distancing themselves from Trump for obvious political advantage, according to analyst Mujtaba Rahman, managing director of political risk consultancy Eurasia Group. \u201cHis growing unpopularity, particularly over the cost of living, risks turning what was once a political asset into an electoral liability,\u201d he told Reuters.<\/p>\n

Rahman said far-right leaders appeared to want it both ways: to reap the \u201cideological momentum of Trumpism\u201d without being tarred by the \u201cchaos \u200band economic disruption of his presidency\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe risk \u200bis that Trump and his MAGA \u2060allies, who see Europe\u2019s far right as ideological partners in their struggle against the European establishment, could respond by withdrawing their political support or even turning against them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

One of the few to play down the scale of the Republicans\u2019 defeat was \u200bDan Dungaciu, vice-president of the opposition hard-right Alliance for Uniting Romanians, who argued that reports of Trump\u2019s \u201cpolitical death\u201d were \u201cgreatly exaggerated\u201d. \u200bHe added, \u201cDonald Trump does \u2060not automatically become a powerless president. Instead, he moves from a presidency backed by Republican majorities to one in which the executive and Congress will check each other much more intensely.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Spain, the leader of the far-right party Vox, Santiago Abascal, made little attempt to temper his move away from Trump, telling reporters he was \u201cin Spain and not in Michigan\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI care \u2060quite little \u200babout what happens in other places,\u201d said Abascal, who has in the past touted his alliance with \u200bTrump and the MAGA movement.<\/p>\n

Rupert Lowe, leader of the far-right Restore Britain party, also blamed the decision to attack Iran for the Republicans\u2019 defeat, calling it a \u201ccatastrophic mistake.\u201d He added, \u201cWhat has this war achieved? Absolutely \u200bnothing of worth.\u201d Lowe did not, though, include in his lengthy X post the name of the president who launched the war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Europe\u2019s far-right politicians on Wednesday began to distance themselves from Donald Trump following the Democrats\u2019 victory in the US midterm elections \u2013 but mostly avoided directly criticising the president himself. The realignment is notable as many of the leaders celebrated their ideological ties with Trump following \u200chis victory in 2024, with some of them visiting Washington, DC, since then and receiving backing from his billionaire ally Elon Musk. Jordan Bardella, leader of France\u2019s National Rally, which most polls suggest could form the next government, typified the political shift. Trump\u2019s second…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}