{"id":21978,"date":"2016-05-21T15:39:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T22:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=21978"},"modified":"2016-05-21T15:39:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T22:39:14","slug":"euro-teabuggery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/21\/euro-teabuggery\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro-TEAbuggery"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a while, the embarrassment of foreigners treating the US as a laughingstock over Rump Dump Trump’s rise to prominence, as he plumbs depths of TEAbuggery never before encountered, becomes painful, at best.  That they are right is makes it even more embarrassing.  However, now it’s my turn.  Euro-TEAbuggery is alive and well.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Donald Trump\u2019s campaign is truly testing the limits of the old saying \u201cEvery cloud has a silver lining.\u201d Unless one operates under the assumption that a hate-filled platform fueled by bigotry, xenophobia and sexism is what the world needs right now. In which case, the Trump cloud appearing on the horizon is seen by some as an invitation to open their arms in exaltation, awaiting the inevitable Trumpian shower to follow.<\/p>\n

The attributes of a Trump-thumper are pretty easy to identify. Mostly it\u2019s a hatred of immigrants coated in a fine patina of pseudo-nationalist rhetoric. George Packer writing in the New Yorker recently described<\/a> it as \u201cwhite identity politics.\u201d Given Packer\u2019s diagnosis, it\u2019s safe to say America is not alone in this category. And so, from the continent well-versed in such terminology, below is a list of eight far-right political party leaders from Europe eagerly awaiting Hurricane Trump\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026Belgium<\/strong><\/p>\n

If King Leopold\u2019s miserable corpse were still around to tweet, he\u2019d surely have added Belgium\u2019s vote to the pro-Trump camp. But not to worry, instead we\u2019ve got Filip Dewinter, proud heir to the former genocidaire<\/a> and leading member of Belgian far-right party, Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang).<\/p>\n

Here he is offering his endorsement by way of YouTube. Though, by opening with \u201cMr. Trump, we have this in common, we speak the truth,\u201d Dewinter has in essence told anyone watching that whatever follows should be taken with a bucket-load of salt..<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Belgian Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n