Trump, Vance and Musk lend their support to Le Pen after witch-hunt ruling
Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and Elon Musk have come out in support of Marine Le Pen after the witch-hunt kangaroo court trial she went through:
US President Donald Trump, his Vice President JD Vance and billionaire backer Elon Musk have all voiced their support to French far-right leader Marine Le Pen after she was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running in France’s 2027 presidential election.This is what can be expected now, when kangaroo courts run amok. There will be opposition voiced against these travesties overseas, and the unjustly accused of exaggerated charges will see backing from those who can offer sane influence. That said, as Daniel McCarthy notes, lawfare isn't over:
Trump, who often labelled his own legal woes as a leftist witch-hunt, drew parallels with Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Rally (RN) party, who was widely seen as a plausible presidential winner. [...]
"The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech, and censor their Political Opponent," Trump wrote on his Truth Social social media platform. "It is the same ‘playbook’ that was used against me."
Trump was indicted for covering up a hush money payment to a porn star, for attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election that he lost, and for retaining classified documents after his first term ended. He was convicted in the hush money case. He denied wrongdoing in all cases and has called them politically motivated.
Federal charges against him were dropped following his 2024 election win.
JD Vance, who has accused European nations of democratic abuses by seeking to block far-right parties from office, also weighed in to support Le Pen.
"The Europeans, they are absolutely 100% our friends. But that relationship ... it’s going to get stressed and it’s going to get tested if they keep on trying to throw opposition leaders in jail," he told Newsmax on Thursday.
And Elon Musk, who has lent his support to far-right figures across Europe, reposted Trump’s message on his own X social media platform, writing: "Free Le Pen!"
Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom—unless you’re French or, in this country, a liberal.Read more. Even in the next few years, lawfare obviously remains a horrible problem.
What a judge in France has just done by disqualifying Marine Le Pen from running in that nation’s next presidential election is what Democrats dream of doing here.
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