There’s a strange circular relationship between the authoritarian movement in America symbolized or spearheaded by Donald Trump — whether or not he is truly its leader — and the European far right. It’s like a malevolent Ouroboros, where we can’t tell which is the head and which the tail, or which end is swallowing the other.

It’s clear that some right-wing activists and political leaders in Europe still seek inspiration from or alignment with Trump, even as his star visibly fades. Both the president and many of his key advisers and followers remain fascinated, if not obsessed, with the continent from which nearly all white Americans derive their ancestry. But this obsession is so clouded by ignorance and false assumptions that the nature and direction of the relationship is never straigh

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