Trump demands France ‘free Marine Le Pen’
Trump demands France ‘free Marine Le Pen’
US president says conviction of hard-Right leader was ‘another example of European Leftists using lawfare to silence free speech’
Summary
Donald Trump condemned France’s conviction of far-right leader Marine Le Pen, calling her four-year sentence and five-year political ban a “witch hunt” and likening it to his own legal battles.
Le Pen was found guilty of embezzling EU funds and plans to appeal.
Trump claimed the charges were politically motivated, calling them a “bookkeeping error” and urging France to “FREE MARINE LE PEN!”
He and allies like Elon Musk argue left-wing governments use the legal system to silence opponents. Le Pen’s National Rally party was fined $2 million.
It was not a witch hunt, it was a bitch hunt. And it succeeded.
Please offer her asylum in the US.
And extend that offer to Orban, Fico, Farage, Abascal, Weidel and the rest of fascist scum.
Please please don't. You're setting great examples by putting them in prisons. Nobody anywhere needs American fascists getting reinforcements. It's better for everyone that they be incarcerated, banned from public office, and their wealth seized. If they can be rehabilitated, fine. Maybe. Otherwise let them rot.
French here. Donald, take care of your burning house before you step in ours.
He's being ordered by Putin on his behalf, le penne is putins agent
He and allies like Elon Musk argue left-wing governments use the legal system to silence opponents.
Every accusation is an admission.
Macron left wing ? Best joke I heard in a long time XD As i understood she got immediate ineligibility because she claimed being innocent despite all the proofs showing she was the main administrator of this system of embezzlement (also, she advocated for years the use of ineligibility for politics accused of something during their mandate)
What is the expulsion of students for legal protest if not that?
Projecting, as they always do
I rather legal system than out the window system.
Also I'm pretty sure actual French Left-wing are not happy and do not like the precedent it sets. So pretty much the only party that is happy this happenned is the conservatives, but he is not going to say that is he?
He and allies like Elon Musk argue left-wing governments use the legal system to silence opponents
That is a fine mental gymnastic there.
I hope I'm not erring on the side of over-simplifying reality to make it abide to my limited mental capabilities to comprehend it, but more likely it is them, "He and allies like Elon Musk", who by doing what they normally do are using the legal system to silence themselves.
Rule of law 101
They're arguing that as if they're not doing that exact thing themselves, as if they ain't silencing their critics. Worst part is he's disguising himself as a libertarian and someone who's pro free-speech, when his ideas of libertarianism only extend to his govt. and cronies and his ideas of freedom of speech extend to his own views and his own supporters. He's using the guise of being censored himself to censor literally anyone who opposes him.
"fine mental gymnastics"!?!?
There's a few American law firms that need to be listed here, just for starters.
'Fine', my ass
Everything this idiot does, I look at through the eyes of the kremlin. That makes it make sense.
Trump = Krasnov
Since America has now set a precedent for letting criminals get away with shit if they run for office, I wanna see Luigi Mangione run for congress
Can you imagine if he turns "full on maga", sings trumps praises, claims woke mind virus made him do it. Trump Pardons him and invites him to the white house. He 2 for 1s Trump and musk
Luigi wouldn't lose any votes if he gunned someone down on avenue of the americas
Perfection
He just needs to start wearing a MAGA hat at his court appearances.
trump must vouch for Le penne because she is also a russian asset, and putin will be disappointed of he doesnt.
Big mad at functioning countries who can hold criminals accountable.
Ha, go fuck yourself cheeto (France probably).
Not just France. Saying that in the US, too.
Uh, le fuck off.
On behalf of France to Trump:
Va te faire foutre.
I think for this one we can dust off one of my old favourites: "va te faire enculer à sec avec du gravier".
It's just a bit of embezzlement
Just some pocket change, no biggie c'mon
In the Orange Goblin‘s world, why should criminals be prosecuted or sentenced instead of being pardoned? He should better deal with the mess he is creating at home and manage his own affairs.
Wilhoit's law.
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
Yes Trump we know you love fascism, and that it's easier to establish fascist systems when laws are set aside.
Now would you kindly fuck off, and preferably go shoot yourself.BOYCOTT USA NOW!!
I guess he realizes he would be in the same boat as her if America had a functional legal system. Or maybe I'm giving him too much credit, thinking he has the self-awareness to compare his situation to hers.
She won't see an actual jail unless she seriously fuck-up, most of the sentence is suspended and as the remaining time is under two years she has the right to request house arrest or any other alternative sentence.
So the remaining sentence is that she can't run at next presidential election (provided that she doesn't get something else in appeal before the election).
Obvious reminder that if you or I would have stole 4 millions Euro we would see an actual jail.
I mean, 3 million euros is literal peanuts. Do be aware that this is a politically charged witch hunt.
One that fortifies the EU and weakens Russia.
I'm all for that
4 million euros is not peanuts when your population is 69 million
For a period of 12 years. Where the country generated a GDP of 32 trillion euros.
That's 0,0000125%.
The hospital I work at requires this amount of money monthly to pay us wagies, excluding the doctors. We're like 1300 employees.
The 200 doctors earn as much as we 1300 employees.
I'm not saying it wasn't a misallocated fund, but the sheer amount is laughable.
A drip in the bucket.
The fact that she misallocated it, shows lack of integrity, and the amount is enough for us to call her out on it.
We punish her mistakes. But the amount is nothing in the big picture.
Ah yeah you have no problem with the far-right, xenophobia or the fact she's the daughter of a torturer or the head of a party founded by the Waffen SS.
The only issue is that she borrowed money from russia
How unsurprising and tiring. It's always the same.
He "demands", how cute...
He so goddamn embarrassing.
He keeps calling on France to do stuff when France is the country least likely to do said stuff.
Trump is a cunt. Sorry that’s disrespectful.
President Trump is a cunt.
Hell no. Don’t let that right wing criminal free. We should have thrown our Orange Turd into jail.
Toton.