COUNTERPOINT – The more Marine Le Pen's adversaries call her “fascist”, as those of Donald Trump did with him, the more they will condemn themselves to defeat.
Rejected by the “elites”, but elected by the people. Treated as “fascist” but victorious without calling for universal suffrage. Presented as the absolute “devil” by the self-proclaimed proponents of democratic virtue. The Trump case has something to shed light on the French political debate.
First of all, there is this colossal gap between the relays of opinion, media, cultural or otherwise, and public opinion itself which clearly preferred him to Kamala Harris. Which should not lead to questions about the supposed “fault” of the electorate but about the representativeness of those who hold the upper hand. There is always a paradox in setting oneself up as a defender of democracy while deploring the expression of universal suffrage. Then there was Donald Trump's ability not only to seduce a popular electorate which was not the natural breeding ground of the Republicans, but also to convince “minorities” that his adversaries had nevertheless…
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