{"id":17665,"date":"2026-01-21T23:27:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=17665"},"modified":"2026-01-21T23:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:27:55","slug":"europes-far-right-and-populist-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/01\/21\/europes-far-right-and-populist-part\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s Far-Right and Populist Parties Break with Trump over Greenland Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Europe\u2019s Far-Right and Populist Parties Break with Trump over Greenland Dispute<\/strong><\/h3>\n

European<\/a> far-right and populist political parties – many of which once backed or praised Donald Trump \u2014 are now publicly distancing themselves from the U.S. president amid rising controversy over his aggressive foreign policy, especially his push to acquire Greenland.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s administration had previously embraced many nationalist parties in Europe thanks to shared positions on immigration, climate policy, and criticism of the EU, boosting those parties\u2019 domestic standing. A recent U.S. National Security Strategy even touted the growing influence of patriotic European movements as a positive development. However, that alliance is now fraying as European public opinion turns sharply against Trump.<\/p>\n

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Strong Criticism from Some Far-Right Leaders<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In Germany, leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) have openly criticized Trump\u2019s tactics. AfD co-leader Alice Weidel said Trump had broken a key promise not to meddle in other nations\u2019 affairs, and her colleague Tino Chrupalla condemned what they described as \u201cWild West methods.\u201d Recent polls suggest that a majority of Germans now view Trump more as an adversary than a partner.<\/p>\n

In France, Jordan Bardella of the nationalist National Rally called for Europe to respond, including considering \u201canti-coercion measures\u201d and even pausing parts of the economic agreement between the EU and the U.S. Bardella and others argue that threatening tariffs on longtime allies undermines mutual trust.<\/p>\n

Across the British populist scene, Reform UK \u2014 long a Trump supporter through its leader Nigel Farage \u2014 called Trump\u2019s tariff threats against European countries \u201cunexpected\u201d and difficult to justify, even if the party still doubts whether Trump will follow through.<\/p>\n

The Sweden Democrats\u2019 Mattias Karlsson took an even harsher tone, posting on social media that Trump\u2019s influence was increasingly damaging, likening his actions to a curse that harms whatever they touch.<\/p>\n

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Divisions and Cautious Voices<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Not all parties on the right have turned sharply against Trump. Some, like the Dutch Party for Freedom and Spain\u2019s Vox, applauded his recent actions in Venezuela but have stayed silent or non-committal regarding Greenland. Other leaders in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic have urged a more diplomatic, negotiated approach between the U.S. and Denmark rather than confrontation.<\/p>\n

For example, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis shared a social-media video emphasizing Greenland\u2019s strategic size and location, suggesting a diplomatic solution rather than heated rhetoric.<\/p>\n

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Italy\u2019s Mixed Response<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Italy\u2019s conservative Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni \u2014 typically more sympathetic toward Trump \u2014 described his tariff threats as a political \u201cmistake\u201d and stressed the need for better communication between Washington and Europe. Her deputy, Matteo Salvini, however, deflected blame toward European governments that sent troops to Greenland, illustrating the varied reactions even within national parties.<\/p>\n

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Why This Matters<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The dispute stems from Trump\u2019s ongoing pressure on Denmark and NATO allies over control of Greenland \u2014 a vast, resource-rich Arctic territory. Trump has threatened 10% tariffs on goods from several European countries unless they back U.S. efforts to negotiate for the island, a move seen across Europe as coercive and undermining long-standing alliances.<\/p>\n

This shift among European right-wing and populist parties illustrates a larger trend: even groups that once championed Trump\u2019s brand of nationalism are struggling to align with his more assertive foreign policy when it appears to target European sovereignty and economic interests.<\/p>\n

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Europe\u2019s Far-Right and Populist Parties Break with Trump over Greenland Dispute European far-right and populist political parties – many of which once backed or praised Donald Trump \u2014 are now publicly distancing themselves from the U.S. president amid rising controversy over his aggressive foreign policy, especially his push to acquire Greenland. Trump\u2019s administration had previously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2299],"tags":[3728],"class_list":["post-17665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-trump-europe-greenland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17667,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17665\/revisions\/17667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}