In the first 48 hours of Donald Trump’s second term, he has addressed nearly every culture war issue that has excited his base over the past 12 months, including signing dozens of executive orders targeting immigrants, gender expression, has taken action Environment and DEI policies
Trump has also granted pardons or commutations to anyone involved in a violent riot at the Capitol in 2021. Meanwhile, his close ally Elon Musk has emboldened a more extreme faction of Trump supporters with a Nazi-like salute. On stage – twice – in front of thousands in DC and millions watching on TV.
Trump’s actions have caused a lot of excitement among the far right in the United States. They have also been embraced as a blueprint by far-right lawmakers, extremist influencers, and 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.
Martin Selner, far-right activist and leader of the Austrian identitarian movement, wrote on his Telegram channel: This is more than a political success. This is a trans-political victory: the end of awakening and trans ideology, the cessation of illegal immigration and many other ideas have become normalized in society.
These extremists think that this is the way to go, that their countries should learn from what Trump is proposing, and that they should not be weak about it and not let vigilante activists get in their way, because everyone knows that the right thing to do is to Get rid of immigrants.
Selner, once associated with the Christchurch Massacre shooter, is best known for popularizing the white nationalist concept of “immigration,” the idea of ethnically cleansing Western countries of non-white citizens. This extreme ideology has gained traction among other far-right groups in Europe, including the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Freedom Party of Austria. Trump even promoted “immigration” in September.
Now, Sellner believes that Trump’s return to the Oval Office marks a moment to mainstream his agenda.
“Pushing further into the realm of the ‘unspeakable,’ we’re off the defensive and turning Everton’s window right for the first time,” Selner wrote. Even if you think Trumpism goes far enough, you should support the radical faction.
Selner is not alone in Europe. Across the continent, far-right figures praised Trump’s actions on immigration and gender and urged their own leaders to follow suit.
In France, the Generation Identity group, the youth wing of the far-right Identitarian movement, wrote on Telegram: “Emigration fast. Identitarianism has won ideologically, it just takes time for this victory to be reflected in the material world.
In Ireland, Keith Woods, a far-right influencer and ally of US white supremacist Nick Fuentes, shared a clip of Musk giving a Nazi-like salute with the caption: “Well, maybe I just woke up 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 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. McGregor praised Trump’s immigration policies and wrote on Instagram: “Ireland and its human trafficking gang need to be absolutely dismantled! This is a violation of our security and sovereignty. “For me, this is a national emergency.” (McGregor recently said he was considering a run for president in Ireland, a symbolic role with no real power.)
