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‘TIME FOR PATRIOTS’: GLOBAL FAR-RIGHT FIGURES CELEBRATE TRUMP’S
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Tom Phillips
November 6, 2024
The Guardian
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_ Jair Bolsonaro, Javier Milei and Giorgia Meloni among those in
Europe and the Americas paying tribute _

Viktor Orbán, Giorgia Meloni, Jair Bolsonaro and Javier Milei were
among those seeing positive news for their own movements. ,
Illustration: Guardian Design

 

Key members of the global far right have celebrated Donald
Trump’s US election win
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with tributes to the former president rolling in from Rio de Janeiro
to Budapest.

The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán
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toast a Trump win with “several bottles of champagne” – hailed
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called “a much-needed victory for the world!”

Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei – a wild-haired
former television celebrity who is often compared to Trump
– saluted [[link removed]] his
ally’s “formidable electoral victory”. He wrote on X: “Now,
Make America Great Again. You know that you can count on Argentina to
carry out your task.”

The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro
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victory represented “the triumph of the people’s will over the
arrogant designs of an elite who disdain our values, beliefs, and
traditions”.

“This triumph is historic … Its impact will resonate across the
globe … empowering the rise of the right and conservative movements
in countless other nations,” added Bolsonaro, who hopes Trump’s
return to the White House will revive his own political fortunes
despite the fact that he is banned from seeking office.

In a second jubilant message, Bolsonaro quoted the Book of Psalms:
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

El Salvador’s authoritarian president, Nayib Bukele, also
offered words of praise, writing
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bless and guide you.”

Across the Atlantic, far-right leaders exalted in the success of their
movement’s trailblazer. “It is time for patriots. It is time for
freedom,” Santiago Abascal, the leader of Spain’s far-right party
Vox, wrote on social media
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André Ventura, the leader of the Portuguese far-right party Chega
(Enough), celebrated what he called Trump’s trouncing of the
mainstream media and “woke globalism”. He wrote on X
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has changed today and has turned to the right. Europe must do the
same.”

Italy’s far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni
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tweeted: “Good job, Mr President.”Her deputy Matteo Salvini
rejoiced at what he called “a historic day”. The leader of
Italy’s far-right League party tweeted
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sense, passion, and hope WIN in the US!”

Far-right figures such as Bolsonaro – who governed Brazil
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he lost power to the leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – were quick
to portray Trump’s comeback as a sign of their movement’s power
and ascendancy.

“Donald Trump returns to the presidency in the US. In Brazil, Jair
Bolsonaro will be back in 2026,” Bolsonaro’s politician son,
Eduardo, who was at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida to watch
the vote count, claimed on Instagram.

For now, a Bolsonaro comeback remains unlikely. Unlike Trump, the
Brazilian populist has been punished for his anti-democratic
behaviour. Last year he was banned from standing for election
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2030 for spreading disinformation about Brazil’s electronic voting
system during the 2022 election.

Federal police are reportedly close to concluding an investigation
into an alleged coup plot believed to have played out near the end of
Bolsonaro’s four-year presidency, before the 8 January 2023 riots
in Brasília
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Brazil’s answer to the 6 January attack on the Capitol. In the
coming weeks Bolsonaro is expected to be formally charged alongside
several powerful military figures, including the former head of the
navy.

Thomas Traumann, a Rio-based political analyst, said he saw “zero”
chance that Trump’s renaissance would lead to Bolsonaro’s
political rehabilitation before Brazil’s next presidential election,
although it was not unthinkable after that.

But he said the result was excellent news for rightwing leaders and
opposition politicians across Latin America who had long considered
the US a role model. “They are going to be beating their drums for
months,” Traumann said.

_Tom Phillips is the Guardian's Latin America correspondent _

_Additional reporting by Sam Jones in Madrid and Angela Giuffrida in
Rome_

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