Kowtowing to the big man also means casually archiving your past comments. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy once called Trump a “woman-hating, neo Nazi-sympathizing sociopath” — but has gone rather quiet since entering government.
Big-name ministers weren’t the only ones courting the powers that be in the European Parliament this week.
Commissioner after commissioner lined up to tell MEPs how important they are to the European project, and how desperate they are to work closely with them — as they seek their approval.
But the most sincere lips-on-ring action on display in Parliament this week came courtesy of far-right MEPs, some linked to Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and some in the center-right European People’s Party, who proudly donned MAGA hats and recorded victorious videos in Parliament’s corridors to celebrate Trump’s win. That’s not kissing the ring; that’s swallowing it.
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