The global far right celebrates Trump’s new world order

In the first 48 hours of President Donald Trump’s second term in officeHe has taken action on every culture war topic that has fired up his base over the past 12 months, including signing dozens of executive orders targeting immigrants, gender expression, the environmentand DEI policies.

Trump has too Pardon or commutation of sentence From everyone who participated in the violent insurrection at the Capitol in 2021. Meanwhile, his close ally Elon Musk has activated a more extreme wing of Trump supporters, by Perform the Nazi salute On stage – twice – in front of thousands of people in the capital and millions of viewers on television.

Trump’s actions have caused a lot of excitement among the far right in the United States. It has also been hailed as a blueprint by an admiring fan base of far-right lawmakers, extremist influencers and white supremacist groups around the world. These people and organizations now believe that Trump’s actions should not only be imitated, but taken to the next level.

“It is more than just a political success,” Martin Sellner, a far-right activist and leader of the Identity Movement in Austria, wrote on his Telegram channel. “It is a metapolitical victory: the end of vigilantism and transnational ideology, the cessation of illegal immigration and many other ideas normalized in society.”

“These extremists believe that this is the way to go, and that their countries need to learn a lesson from what Trump is proposing, and they should not be soft on it, and not let woke activists get in their way, because everyone knows that. ‘The right thing to do is to get rid of the immigrants.’ “Wendy Via, CEO of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, tells WIRED.

Sellner, who once I contacted the shooter of the Christchurch massacreHe is best known for popularizing the white nationalist concept of “remigration,” the idea of ​​racially cleansing Western countries of all non-white citizens. This extremist ideology has gained traction among other far-right groups in Europe, including… Alternative to Germany (Alternative for Germany) and the Freedom Party of Austria. Trump even She promoted “immigration” in September.

Now, Sellner believes Trump’s return to the Oval Office signals a moment to shift his agenda into the mainstream.

“By moving forward into the realm of the unspeakable, we emerge from the defense and turn the Overton window to the right for the first time,” Sellner wrote. Even if you think Trumpism goes too far, you should support the extremist wing.”

Sellner is not alone in Europe. Across the continent, far-right figures praised Trump’s actions on immigration and gender, and called on leaders in their countries to follow suit.

In France, Generation Identity, the youth wing of the far-right Identity movement, wrote on Telegram: “Migration is well under way. Identity has triumphed at the ideological level, and it will only take some time for this victory to be reflected in the material world.

And in Ireland, Keith Woods, the far-right influencer and Ally of American white supremacist Nick Fuentesa clip of Musk’s Nazi-like salute with the caption: “Well, maybe he woke up already dead.” Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor, who has joined 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, writing on Instagram: “Ireland and its human trafficking need to be completely dismantled!” It is a violation of our security and sovereignty. “For me, it is a national emergency.” (MacGregor recently said he is considering running for president of Ireland, a symbolic role that carries no real power.)