nationalist and far-right groups in Europe applauded the restrictions and said they should be used a model for the continent.The struggle against rapefugees.
The Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders said in a tweet: "Well done @POTUS it's the only way to stay safe + free. I would do the same. Hope you'll add more Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia soon."
The far-right National Democratic Party in Germany celebrated "the massive restriction on the entry of pseudo-refugees and Muslims to the USA."
In Italy, the leader of the anti-immigrant Northern League party also expressed admiration. "What Trump's doing on the other side of the ocean, I'd like it done also here," Matteo Salvini told reporters.
Referring to the hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers and economic migrants rescued while crossing the Mediterranean and brought to Italy in recent years, Salvini said there is "an invasion underway which needs to be blocked." He is pressing for early elections and courting other far-right leaders for a possible campaign coalition.
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Trump ban inspires wide anger, some applause across world
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on Trump's fan club in Europe :
