Le Pen Denounces Trump for ‘Setting the Whole Planet Ablaze’ With Iran War

French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen is breaking with President Trump and calling his war on Iran “illegal.” Ms. Le Pen, a frontrunner to be the next French president, said the Iran war is unsuccessful, poorly defined, and has caused global inflation.“He clearly has not achieved his war aims and he is setting the whole planet ablaze,” Ms. Le Pen said during a television interview Wednesday night. “Today we find ourselves in a situation where we risk a global inflation that will have consequences for all peoples.”President Trump was one of few world leaders to back Ms. Le Pen after her 2025 conviction on embezzlement charges, which at the time came with a five-year ban on running for public office.“The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech, and censor their Political Opponent, this time going so far as to put that Opponent in prison,” he said.The Iran war has proved to be a breaking point even for right-wing European leaders.National Rally leader Jordan Bardella criticized the Iran War in April, calling the President’s Middle East policy “erratic. He has also spoken out against President Trump’s threats to seize Greenland and the “vassalization” of Venezuela. ”Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has also criticized Trump over Iran. In March, Italy denied landing permission for American military aircraft headed to the Middle East. At the NATO summit in July, Ms. Meloni reiterated that her country’s military would “not participate in attacks against Iran.”A far more personal conflict occurred between the President and Ms. Meloni following the G7 conference, where the President said Ms. Meloni “begged” for a picture with him. Ms. Meloni fired back with “neither I nor Italy ever beg.”“In any case, my popularity is none of your concern,” Ms. Meloni said. “I suggest you focus on yours.”“It is clear that, with Donald Trump, I thought things would be easier, given our convergence on immigration and woke culture,” Ms. Meloni told the New York Times last month. “But things turned out differently.”Alternate for Germany leader Alice Wiedel has also condemned the Iran war, and urged their members to reduce the amount of trips to the US.Even Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who is a friend of president Trump and initially backed the campaign against Iran, in late April expressed “worry” about President Trump’s decision to strike.“It will be a terribly sad end to an amazing political career if the man who was always anti-war in the end gets (brought) down by this,” Mr. Farage said. “I struggle to understand it.”

Le Pen Denounces Trump for ‘Setting the Whole Planet Ablaze’ With Iran War

Le Pen Denounces Trump for ‘Setting the Whole Planet Ablaze’ With Iran War

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