法国极右翼政党国民联盟（RN）突然发现，有必要与唐纳德·特朗普划清界限，因为这位美国总统在中期选举中遭遇重大挫败，一夜之间沦为“跛脚鸭”。11月4日周三，在接受RTL电台采访时，被问及是否因一位他曾在2024年赞扬其胜利的美国总统一夜之间遭受重大挫折而感到“宿醉”，国民联盟主席若尔丹·巴德拉回答：“不，完全没有，”并补充道，“我不是美国人。”
The French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party suddenly found it urgent to distance itself from Donald Trump, who overnight has become a "lame duck" after his major defeat in the US midterm elections. Asked on RTL radio on Wednesday, November 4, if he had a "hangover" after the scale of the setback suffered overnight by a US president whose victory he praised in 2024, RN President Jordan Bardella responded, "No, not at all," adding, "I am not American."
“别国发生的事与我无关，”巴德拉说，尽管他经常在国际舞台上为其极右翼盟友站台。事实上，早在2025年2月，因特朗普前顾问史蒂夫·班农行纳粹礼，巴德拉临时取消出席在华盛顿举行的保守派政治行动大会（CPAC）后，他就开始与“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）运动保持距离。尽管如此，巴德拉仍继续定期向自己的选民为这位美国总统的执政记录辩护，包括在经济和移民问题上。
"What happens in other countries is none of my business," Bardella said, despite being a regular on the international circuit supporting his far-right allies. In fact, he started distancing himself from the MAGA movement as early as February 2025, after canceling at the last minute his appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington because of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon's Nazi salute. Nevertheless, Bardella had continued to regularly defend the American president's track record to his own constituents, including on the economy and immigration.
但美国选民造成的惨败程度，与特朗普意识形态在国内保持持久人气的观点相矛盾，尽管该意识形态在法国形象糟糕。周三，巴德拉本人将责任归咎于“美国干预伊朗对美国经济造成的非常严重后果”。在接受法国2台采访时，国民联盟副主席路易·阿略更直白地表示，特朗普“为伊朗冒险付出了全部代价”，而“美国选民选他是纯粹出于国内原因”。
But the severity of the defeat delivered by American voters contradicts the idea that the Trump ideology retains enduring popularity at home, despite its dismal image in France. On Wednesday, Bardella himself blamed "the very serious consequences for the US economy of the American intervention in Iran." Speaking to France 2, RN Vice President Louis Aliot was more direct, saying that Trump "paid the full price for the Iranian adventure," whereas "American voters elected him for purely domestic reasons."