Spain's far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal speaks to supporters during a rally in Madrid Spain, Sunday October 9, 2022
FORMER US president Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind Spain’s far-right in a video shown at a rally in Madrid, alongside xenophobic European leaders like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Hungary’s Viktor Orban.
In a recording that lasted under 40 seconds, made while he was on an airplane, Mr Trump thanked Spain’s far-right Vox party and its leader Santiago Abascal for what he called the “great job” they do.
“We have to make sure that we protect our borders and do lots of very good conservative things,” Mr Trump said.
From Reform UK to Trump, Orban and beyond, the far right is organised across borders and growing. Waiting for it to collapse is a fatal error – building an international, locally rooted left alternative is now an urgent necessity., argues ROGER McKENZIE
As Starmer flies to Albania seeking deportation camps while praising Giorgia Meloni, KEVIN OVENDEN warns that without massive campaigns rejecting this new overt government xenophobia, Britain faces a soaring hard right and emboldened fascist thugs on the streets
