U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a speech to a joint session of Congress, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 4, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
President Donald Trump's far-right European allies are rebuking the president's position on Ukraine and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NBC News reports.
Leaders across the continent are coming to Ukraine’s side and questioning Trump’s actions following the president's disastrous sit-down with Zelenskyy last week. Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party called his diplomacy “brutal,” “cruel” and reprehensible,” in an interview with Le Figaro.
Nigel Farage, a member of the United Kingdom Parliament, and long-time supporter of Trump also called out Vice President JD Vance’s recent attack on Britain as “wrong, wrong, wrong”. Vance on Monday claimed a minerals deal with the United States would guarantee Ukranian security better than "20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years.” The vice president denied he was talking about British of French troops with that remark.
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Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders — often referred to as the “Dutch Trump” because of his flamboyant blond hair and anti-immigration politics — said Saturday that he stood by Ukraine “with conviction.” He reacted to Trump’s Oval Office clash with Zelenskyy by posting on X that it was “fascinating TV, but not necessarily the best way to end the war, gentlemen.”
While the “Make Europe Great Again” summit in Madrid attracted a swirl of support for Trump from leaders delivering accolades such as “Hurricane Trump is sweeping across the United States”, the honeymoon seems to be waning.