How America's online right became obsessed with a low-profile European country

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "[Georgescu] drew inspiration from a style of political discourse that seems to operate without rules - marked by conspiratorial thinking, disinformation and personal attacks against opponents," Bjola told CNN.
56% : "Trump and MAGA are a very transactional group.
51% : "Remember what they did to Trump.
44% : " While Tate has long championed Trump, Georgescu is a newer convert.
35% : "They can say, 'Look, here's another example of where the mainstream media, the legal system and governments have weaponized the law against an individual because they don't like the things he says - just like what happened with Trump.
31% : " When asked about the Tates' return to the US, Trump said he knew "nothing" about it.
28% : " Vance addresses a stone-faced audience at the Munich Security Conference, February 14, 2025. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Having shown little interest in the bloc in his first term, Trump has claimed the EU was created solely to "screw the US" and threatened the bloc with huge tariffs.
26% : "Trump's apparent legal immunity, despite his association with the January 6 insurrection and numerous political and personal scandals, further inspires [him and] reinforces a 'victimhood narrative,'" he added.
22% : [sic] and slander," he said in a post, listing Trump alongside Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X. Georgescu, who was virtually unknown before Romania's election, has also compared claims made about his election campaign to those about Trump.
22% : " Mario Nawfal, another "manosphere" influencer who interviewed Georgescu, said the authorities' attempts to stop him running was "the EXACT playbook they tried against Trump.
16% : Since Romania lifted travel restrictions on Tate - reportedly following US pressure - the self-proclaimed misogynist influencer has stressed that the charges against him were fake, comparing his legal troubles to those of Trump.
12% : "It's just a copy-paste of the accusations made against Donald Trump.

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