Briefly Noted: Putin, Trump, On Ballot In France
Not literally, but in effect. With polls showing her in a dead heat with Le Petit Roi, or, even with a slight lead, Marine Le Pen appears to be doubling down rather than playing things safe. It’s not like she’s saying anything unexpected, but she is being explicit. But I know little about French politics:
🇫🇷 French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen:
🔹’The policies I represent are those of Mr Trump and Mr Putin.’
▫️’Mr Putin is very popular with the Russian people.’
♦️’NATO was created against the USSR. There’s no USSR now.’
♦️’EU is almost over.’
The first round Sunday
A Le Pen win would certainly be a blow to the Globalist cabal.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/08/white-house-putin-paris-00024054?cid=apn
The White House is freaked out that Putin's next big win could be in Paris
If Russia apologist Marine LePen wins the French elections, Washington fears she could unravel the Western NATO alliance.
Anyone looking for a lengthy analysis:
https://https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/european-markets-freak-out-odds-le-pen-victory-french-presidential-elections-jump
Among other things, the article likens a Le Pen win's impact to Trump 2016. Here's an interesting passage--is Le Pen seeking to regain the Trump mantle that Zemmour currently wears?
"The problem, as Bloomberg notes, is that foreign policy rarely wins elections in France, and an appearance of complacency fueled the perception that Macron is arrogant and out of touch - which of course is true on both counts - is opening the way for Marine Le Pen.
"Unlike the caviar-slurping Davos jet-setter, Le Pen realized long ago on that voters already struggling with high energy and food prices were more likely to care about purchasing power or lack thereof. And so, what was a 12 point gap between her and Macron has narrowed dramatically as she toured towns and villages, casting herself as the defender of the “little ones” against Macron’s reputation as the “president of the rich.” She pledged to slash gasoline prices and tax big energy companies.
"Of course, this won't be Le Pen's first attempt to dethrone Macron. Or second. On her third attempt to clinch France’s top job, Le Pen has become a familiar face. Her efforts to appear more mainstream got an unexpected boost from the candidacy of Eric Zemmour, a far-right former media pundit sanctioned three times for hate speech also known as the French Trump."