Trump’s Win Is a Boon to the Far Right in Europe and Beyond
Partway through Donald Trump’s first presidency, Richard Grenell, the newly minted U.S. ambassador to Germany, made the extraordinary announcement that the Trump administration was hoping to boost the forces of the hard right throughout Europe. This was in keeping with Trump’s oft-stated dislike of the supranational principles of the European Union (EU), his support for Brexit, and his very public…