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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/53285536

The founder of the party is Salvatore Nicotra, former head of the Belgian National Front (NF). According to him, the name TRUMP is an abbreviation for Tous Réunis pour l'Union des Mouvements Populistes ("All United for the Union of Populist Movements"). The politician explicitly associates the party’s brand with the image of Donald Trump.

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Weird ass cultists

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 points 23 hours ago

Oh-oh. This guys timing, when creating a new party based on Trump, is bad. Just in time for trump's fall from ~~grace~~ degeneracy.

[–] posDetected@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

The French part of Belgium hates nazis.

[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 day ago

Should have named it PEDO then.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

All United for the Union of Populist Movements is awesome! We do hate those splitters from the Union of Populist for all United Movements" though

[–] SkabySkalywag@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I swear to god this global whack-a-mole trying to smack nazis.

Trump is making a lot of money for his nation's rulers so naturally other nations want to follow suit.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

So when Trump drops dead, will they all fuck off?

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

I'll never understand the appeal of this ugly, gross, diaper-wearing, idiotic, hateful, sack of spoiled mayo and diarrhea...

"He's a rapist, felon, pedophile, yeah that's what we wanna be like!" -- said by this "political party" of shit-for-brains...

[–] WILSOOON@programming.dev 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Local belgian here, dont worry too much. Even if retardus maximus here, gets elected not a lot will change since itll take at least 500 days just to make a government and it will last less than a year since everyone will still be fighting each other because thats just how we roll.

Being the world's most successful failed state has its advantages.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

retardus maximus here, gets elected

Weetardus maximus? Weally?

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Isn’t this why your car infrastructure is stuck in the 1970s similar to America?

[–] WILSOOON@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Our car infratructure is fiiiine, dont listen to what thet tell you, those arent potholes, those are organic road micro lakes!

[–] posDetected@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

There's highway everywhere

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Eeehhhh, the us might take that record of no functioning government from us haha.

Either case, this person is right. Regardless, the party can fuck right off. If our far right party isnt right enough, something is massively wrong.

[–] WILSOOON@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Gods i hope not, thats the only thing we have going for us

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some folks out of y'all never got over losing the Congo did you?

[–] posDetected@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Lmao trust me they did perfectly fine.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 50 points 2 days ago
[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I am surprised they brand themselves "Populistes" which in French language has a very negative meaning. It literally means you say whatever people want to hear to get elected without following through on your promises. At least in a sense, they are honest about it...

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

I think that's how the word is used across Europe. Not the American "do what the people want" way.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago

We can that a demagogue, populist has lost most of the negative connotations after decades where neither of our two parties would even barely even bother to pretend they were on the side of the people

[–] posDetected@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 day ago

I mean not really. Populist means you care (or pretend to) care about the people. Even in french

[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 2 days ago

Named after Trump won the election, but before it went pear-shaped enough to deliver a second Labor term. Calling the party the Australian Trump Party or something would have invited a trademark lawsuit (you don’t get to where Trump is by leaving money on the table), so they chose a plausibly-deniable name, in the sense that it sounds like some kind of very American mashup of Biblical imagery and Cold War-era nationalism. The electorate took one look and said “yeah, nah”

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 points 2 days ago

For shame Belgium.

I guess those residents' visas were denied entry, so they figured "If I can't be fascist in America, I'll just bring fascism here!"