‘Time for patriots’: global far-right figures celebrate Trump’s win

Summary

Far-right leaders worldwide, including Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, celebrated Donald Trump’s recent U.S. election victory as a major boost for conservative and nationalist movements globally.

Orbán praised the win as a “much-needed victory for the world,” while Bolsonaro framed it as a triumph over “arrogant elites.”

Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, expressed solidarity, and Spanish and Portuguese far-right leaders saw it as a turning point for Europe.

Bolsonaro, despite being banned from Brazilian elections, hopes Trump’s resurgence will inspire his own political comeback. Analysts, however, see little immediate impact on Bolsonaro’s rehabilitation prospects.