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.
21 Comments
Linktank@lemmy.today · 52 pts · 287d
Gross.
WILSOOON@programming.dev · 50 pts · 287d
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 pts · 287d
Weetardus maximus? Weally?
DacoTaco@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 287d
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 pts · 287d
Gods i hope not, thats the only thing we have going for us
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 287d
Isn’t this why your car infrastructure is stuck in the 1970s similar to America?
WILSOOON@programming.dev · 5 pts · 287d
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 pts · 286d
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 287d
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 pts · 287d
I think that's how the word is used across Europe. Not the American "do what the people want" way.
theneverfox@pawb.social · 4 pts · 287d
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 pts · 286d
thorhop@sopuli.xyz · 21 pts · 287d
Should have named it PEDO then.
SkabySkalywag@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 287d
I swear to god this global whack-a-mole trying to smack nazis.
tirednapstablook@lemmings.world · 0 pts · 286d
switcheroo@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 287d
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...
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 287d
Some folks out of y'all never got over losing the Congo did you?
posDetected@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 286d
sturmblast@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 286d
Weird ass cultists
posDetected@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 286d
porcoesphino@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 287d
It reminds me of Trumpet of Patriots in Australia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_of_Patriots
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 3 pts · 287d
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”
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 286d
Oh-oh. This guys timing, when creating a new party based on Trump, is bad. Just in time for trump's fall from
gracedegeneracy.phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 286d
So when Trump drops dead, will they all fuck off?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 286d
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
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 1 pts · 287d
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!"