in the first 48 hours of President Donald Trump's second term in officeHe has taken action on nearly every single culture war topic that has excited his base over the past 12 months, including signing dozens of executive orders targeting immigrants, gender expression. Environmentand DEI policies.
Trump has also done it pardoned or reduced the sentence Of everyone who participated in the violent insurrection at the Capitol in 2021. Meanwhile, his close ally Elon Musk has strengthened an even more extreme wing of Trump's supporters. make a nazi salute On stage—twice—in front of thousands of people in DC and millions watching on TV.
Trump's actions have generated considerable enthusiasm among the far right in America. They have also been hailed as a blueprint by far-right lawmakers, extremist influencers and fan groups of white supremacist groups around the world. And those people and organizations now believe that Trump's actions should not only be copied, but taken to the next level.
“This is more than just a political success,” Martin Sellner, a far-right activist and leader of Austria's Identitarian Movement, wrote on his Telegram channel. “This is a metapolitical victory: awareness and an end to trans ideology, stopping illegal immigration and many other ideas have been normalized in society.”
“These extremists think this is the way to go, that their countries need to learn a lesson from what Trump is proposing, and they need to not be weak about it, and not let woke activists get in their way. Because everyone knows that “getting rid of immigrants is the right thing to do,” Wendy Via, CEO of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, told WIRED.
the seller, who once Christchurch massacre shooter interviewedKnown for popularizing the white nationalist concept of “emigration”, the idea of ethnically cleansing all non-white citizens of Western countries. That extremist ideology has gained popularity among other far-right groups, including in Europe alternative to germany (AfD) and the Freedom Party of Austria. Trump too Promoted “emigration” in September,
Now, Sellner believes Trump's return to the Oval Office signals a moment to bring his agenda into the mainstream.
Sellner wrote, “Moving into the realm of the 'inexplicable' we move out of the defensive position and actually shift the Overton window to the right for the first time.” “Even if you think Trumpism goes too far, you should support the radical faction.”
Sellers is not alone in Europe. Across the continent, people on the far-right praised Trump's actions on migration and gender, and called on their countries' leaders to do the same.
In France, the Generation Identity group, the youth wing of the far-right Identitarian movement, wrote on Telegram: “Migration is in full swing. Ideologically, Identitarianism has won, it will take time for this victory to be reflected in the physical world.”
In Ireland, Keith Woods, a far-right influencer and Associate of American white supremacist Nick Fuentesshared a clip of Musk's Nazi-like salute with the caption: “Okay, maybe woke is really dead.” Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor, who has aligned himself with Ireland's far-right community in recent years, was at the Capitol for the inauguration and met with House Speaker Mike Johnson. McGregor praised Trump's immigration policies and wrote on Instagram, “Ireland and its human trafficking rackets need to be completely destroyed! This is a violation of our security and our sovereignty. To me this is a national emergency.” (McGregor has recently said he is considering running for president in Ireland, a symbolic role with no real power.)