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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Observercast

Trump [And Putin] Still Pushing Fascist ‘Nationalism’

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BY JOE CONASON Hold the exhalations of relief about the supposed moderation of Donald Trump and the apparent demotion of Steve Bannon, his official strategist. With Trump’s all-but-explicit endorsement of Marine Le Pen, the French neo-fascist presidential candidate, it is now clear that he remains enthusiastic about the fascists who have rebranded themselves as “nationalists.” Within hours after this week’s Paris terror attack – obviously mounted by ISIS to line up frightened French voters behind […]

Joe Conason
Joe Conason
Joe Conason is an American journalist, author and liberal political commentator. He writes a column for Salon.com and has written a number of books, including Big Lies, which addresses what he says are myths spread about liberals by conservatives.