Le Pen, Putin, Trump: a disturbing axis, or just a mutual admiration society?
by Jon Henley European affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#2MRC9)
The French presidential hopeful has made no secret of her admiration for Russia's strongman leader, but her relationship with Trump is less clearcut
The week after Donald Trump won the US presidential election last November, Marine Le Pen was inaugurating the headquarters of her own election campaign in Paris, less than a mile from the Elysi(C)e Palace she hopes to move into soon.
The far-right, anti-immigration Front National leader had been the only French political leader to back Trump in his bid for the White House. She has also made no secret of her admiration for Russia's president, Vladimir Putin.
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