Le Pen hails ”new world” after Trump win

Donald Trump’s US election victory heralds the “building of a new world”, France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Sunday in a BBC television interview that sparked immediate criticism in Britain. Le Pen, who leads the National Front (FN) party, described the Republican’s win as a “victory of the people against the elite” and said […]

Donald Trump’s US election victory heralds the “building of a new world”, France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Sunday in a BBC television interview that sparked immediate criticism in Britain.
Le Pen, who leads the National Front (FN) party, described the Republican’s win as a “victory of the people against the elite” and said she hoped a similar outcome could be achieved in French presidential elections in May.
“Clearly, Donald Trump’s victory is an additional stone in the building of a new world, destined to replace the old one,” she said.
Trump “made possible what had previously been presented as impossible,” she said, predicting that the “global revolution” that resulted in his election, as well as in the vote for Brexit, will also see her elected as president.