Overview
- Washington’s new National Security Strategy warns of Europe’s “civilisational erasure” and vows to cultivate support for “patriotic European parties.”
- AfD leaders welcomed the document as validation and are traveling this week to meet MAGA Republicans in Washington and New York, with deputy parliamentary leader Markus Frohnmaier slated as an honored guest at a Young Republican Club gala.
- Donald Trump reinforced the message in a fresh interview, calling Europe “weak” and “decaying” and blaming immigration for the continent’s decline.
- France’s National Rally is keeping its distance, with senior figures calling Trump a poor ally and polls showing many French voters, including a majority of RN supporters, view him negatively.
- Other nationalist leaders are cautious or noncommittal, as Italy’s Giorgia Meloni offered only a limited affirmation of transatlantic ties and Hungary avoided direct comment, underscoring tensions between MAGA’s America-first stance and European country-first agendas.