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European Far-Right Leaders Distance From Donald Trump After Republican Midterm Losses

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European ultras distance themselves from Trump after Republican midterm defeat. Le Pen and Meloni show cautious distancing from Trump after setback.

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Several headlines portray European far-right figures as distancing themselves from Trump after Republican midterm losses. Others take broader or domestic angles, so this is one coverage strand rather than a summary of the whole collection.

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  • Time MagazineEurope's Far-Right Leaders Are Backing Away From Trump After Midterm Losses
  • The GuardianEurope’s far right has a Trump problem after Republican US midterms wipeout
  • MUNDIARIOThe domino effect of Trump's defeat: Vox, Meloni, and Le Pen distance themselves
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European far-right figures portrayed as distancing themselves from Trump

Four headlines describe European far-right leaders or parties stepping back from association with Trump after Republican midterm losses. This is a reported or analytical coverage angle, not evidence that all such figures have changed position.

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Midterms reshape ties

European far-right leaders began distancing themselves from Donald Trump after Republican losses in the US midterm elections, with the Guardian describing a “Trump dilemma” for parties that like his nativist agenda but see him as a “toxic electoral liability.” Jordan Bardella blamed US attacks on Iran and argued they carried “very heavy consequences” for world economies, while Alice Weidel said Trump had promised his voters “not to pursue an interventionist foreign policy” and that “this broken campaign promise has now come back to haunt the Republicans.”

The Guardian reported that Roberto Vannacci said the result showed the political dangers of failing to deliver on electoral promises, and it quoted Mujtaba Rahman saying far-right parties were acting for domestic advantage while hoping to benefit from the “ideological momentum of Trumpism.” Jordan Bardella brushed off questions about an ideological alliance by telling reporters he was “in Spain, not in Michigan” and cared “quite little about what happens in other places.”

Reporting for this sectionThe Guardian

Italy and France recalibrate

In Italy, Giorgia Meloni’s relationship with Trump shifted as the Guardian said she and other far-right leaders calibrated their public postures toward the US president after his re-election in 2024. The Guardian reported that Meloni faced domestic protest in Rome, Milan and elsewhere over fuel costs and inflation, while it quoted Matteo Salvini conceding that the US vote was “influenced above all by the wars, international tensions and the increase in the cost of living.”

Time said Alice Weidel told Germany’s T-online that “Trump had promised his voters he would not pursue an interventionist foreign policy,” and it added that she said the broken promise “has now come back to haunt the Republicans.” Time also quoted Jordan Bardella saying the “American intervention in Iran” had carried “very heavy consequences” for world economies, and it described his argument that Trump’s second term differs from his first in philosophy and foreign policy.

Reporting for this sectionThe GuardianTime Magazine

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Far-right parties in opposition could use the US midterms as a playbook by mounting public anger over rising prices and unaffordable housing, with the National Rally hoping to channel that anger into electoral victory. Bardella had repeatedly said purchasing power and the cost of living would be “the absolute priority” of an RN government, and it described plans to cut VAT on electricity, gas and fuel and allow employers to boost wages without additional payroll charges.

Time said White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly told TIME that “President Trump has effectively restored American strength on the global stage and strengthened relationships with world leaders,” placing a counterpoint to European distancing. The Guardian concluded that the electoral fortunes of Europe’s far right do not depend on the success or failure of the US president at the ballot box, because the underlying grievances are rooted in “European domestic conditions” rather than American election results.

Reporting for this sectionThe Guardian