First it was the Visegrad group, which adamantly stood against the Hijrah — the Muslim migrant quotas enforced by the European Union. Then came the election of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who openly proclaimed an alliance with Hungarian leader Viktor Orban. Orban has refused Muslim migrants, even under threats of punishment from Brussels. Kurz vowed to be a bridge between for Eastern European (anti-migration) and Western European (pro-migration) countries. Most recently, Italy broke ranks with other Western European countries and elected an anti-migrant, nationalist coalition, one that was nearly sabotaged by Italian President Sergio Mattarella. The Independent lamented that “far-right nationalists are winning elections or gaining new ground across Europe.”
Now Richard Grenell, the U.S. Ambassador to Germany, states:
I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders. I think there is a groundswell of conservative policies that are taking hold because of the failed policies of the left.
Grenell, who clearly grasps the power in numbers adage, also sees Sebastian Kurz as a “rock star” that he has good reason to admire:
Not long after the formation of the coalition, Kurz stood up to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, rejecting the controversial European Union migrant quota system. He was also been a leading conservative on the topic of counter-Islamisation while Foreign Minister in the previous coalition government, advocating and helping to pass a ban on the full-face Islamic veil.
The logical, prudent, conservative movement now catching fire in Europe is the archenemy of the corrupt socialists, their wrongheaded followers, and their Islamic supremacist allies, all of whom are trying to impose a new utopian globalist vision. The are adept at propaganda, especially the victimology narrative, and brand anyone opposed to them as “far right.”
Wise words from Grenell:
That’s a very powerful moment when you can grasp the ability to see past the group-think of a very small elitist crowd telling you you have no chance to win or you’ll never win, or they mock you early on.
“Trump’s Right Hand Man in Europe Rick Grenell Wants to ‘Empower’ European Conservatives,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, June 3, 2018:
BERLIN, Germany: Trumpian U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell has expressed great excitement over the wave of conservatism in Europe, saying he wants to “empower” leaders of the movement.
At a sit-down interview at his official residence in Berlin with Breitbart London, Ambassador Grenell said: “There are a lot of conservatives throughout Europe who have contacted me to say they are feeling there is a resurgence going on.”
“I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders. I think there is a groundswell of conservative policies that are taking hold because of the failed policies of the left,” he added.
“There’s no question about that and it’s an exciting time for me. I look across the landscape and we’ve got a lot of work to do but I think the election of Donald Trump has empowered individuals and people to say that they can’t just allow the political class to determine before an election takes place, who’s going to win and who should run.”
The U.S. ambassador spoke of the small circle of political and media elites saying, “That’s a very powerful moment when you can grasp the ability to see past the group-think of a very small elitist crowd telling you you have no chance to win or you’ll never win, or they mock you early on.”
Since the presidential race in 2016, the German media has largely been united against President Trump, with some publications, like magazine Der Spiegel, going to extremes, publishing a cover featuring the president decapitating the Statue of Liberty.
The winning strategy, Grenell noted, is focusing on conservative issues that improve life for ordinary working people, the silent majority, saying the “support is massive” for candidates that can articulate “consistent conservative” policies on migration, tax cuts, and cutting red tape and bureaucracy….
Halal Bacon says
How do you say hold my beer in Hungarian? 🙂
kouldb says
Fogd meg a sörömet.
andra says
Richard Grenell calls himself a fan of Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian Bundeskanzler. That is very shorteyed by Mr. Grenell.
Kurz pretents to work against illegal mass migration, but he is a determined fan of the UN resettlement program. He talks about more legal ways of migration from Africa to Europe, just as Merkel and her fellows do. He is a silky and slippery person you should not trust from twelve to midday.
gravenimage says
I’m sure you could let him know if he has been taken in by Sebastian Kurz, Andra.
J D S says
I think Andra has been hoodwinked by the MSM…just sayin….
RichardL says
the German media and politicians are very open in their hate of Amb Grenell. The almost chancellor, Schulz, called him a right-wing extremist, i.e. a Nazi. The Handelsblatt says he want a regime change and so on. The AfD loves him though. But then, they are “right wing extremists”.
Tom says
“Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of angry men?
It is the music of the people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes.
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!“ Le Miserables.
There is a revolution about to happen around the world and the left are going to be defeated again and again in elections as the freedom loving people of our globle finally awaken to the plot to destroy our way of life.
The silent majority will remain silent no more and their voice will become like thunder in their wave of rejection of totalitarianism in all its forms.
Tom says
What is we should cherish most in life
The freedoms dearly bought with so much strife
By those who shed their blood for me and thee
Who never faltered once to make us free
Those countless heroes thrust into the fray
To whom we owe our freedoms of today
Would stand and brace to face the foreign foe
Who threaten to extinguish freedom’s glow
Without a hesitation they would say
They shall not pass my post upon this day
For I have such a burden to endure
That I’ll stand firm, for freedom, ever more
For those who stand with me upon this day
Shall be a hero true, and they can say
That we stood firm, no matter what the cost
Like yesterdays heroes, the ones that we have lost
Our leaders’ loss of will to stand for right
Makes anguished men stand steady for the fight
To stop this meaningless attack upon
Patriots, who never seemed to be one
For freedom, thought and speech, under the gun
We stand and fight, never to be undone
For there are those who want us as their slaves
Under their law, we would be, or be in shallow graves
Not while I have the strength to draw my breath
Shall I give up my rights to the brotherhood of death
Never will I stop saying what is true
No matter what the enemy may do
For thought and speech, we shall forever strive
For those to come, and yet to be alive
And we shall stay the course and end this fight
Never to go willing, nor silent, into that dark, dark night.
Guy Forester says
Well said. Thank you!
mortimer says
Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia have now turned against mass Islamic migration. More European countries will follow. As the crime and rapes increase and jihad activities explode here and there and as Muslims refuse to assimilate or participate in Western society, Europeans will gradually reach the conclusion that Islam is alien to Europe and incompatible with it. When they do so, it will likely be too late.
Few Europeans are learning about Islam’s hate-filled supremacist doctrines. This is critical and this lack of interest will lead to Europe’s defeat.
Rufolino says
Very well put Mortimer, couldn’t agree more. A catastrophe of unimaginable proportions is being created, but Europe largely sleeps on.
“The Three ‘M’s”, Merkel, May, and Macron, continue to impose the anaesthesia which stifles the population despite what is staring them in the face…
Hari Singh says
Three ”M”s”more like three ”Q’s” for Quislings
Linda says
Let’s hope all of Europe wakes up to join the anti-migration countries. Whatever possessed Europeans to think that people wanting a theocracy could ever settle into a democracy anyway?
Tom says
What possessed them is the lies and deceit of left wing politicians controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Linda says
Yes. They were led down the garden path.
Ray Jarman says
Along with John Bolton and Fred Fleitz at the President Trump’s NSC top personnel has finally brought sanity to the White House. SECSTATE Pompeo is the best since maybe Lawrence Eagleburger who unfortunately had his career cut short with the defeat of his boss, Bush 41. Rick Grenell will certainly be remembered as one of the better Secretary’s of State who will actively push his boss’ agenda for the return of sanity by advocating for those who believe in the rule of law and national borders.
Ray Jarman says
I meant to say Rick Grenell will be one of the best Ambassadors….
Guy Forester says
Who would have guessed that the average working person does not buy into the baloney served up by the left?
Who could imagine that people that have seen exponential rises in taxes and costs of daily living go up while watching people simply walk in and demand government largess?
Who could have predicted that the average person would get sick of being displaced (by force even) to make room for the “new arrivals” and then be robbed, beaten, run over, stabbed, molested, raped, and pillaged by these same “migrants”?
Who could guess that the average working or retired person would get fed up with being accused of racism, bigotry, or some kind of phobia for complaining to the government when attacked by the “new arrivals”?
Who would think it possible that people would get sick and tired of being victimized and then told to stay home and accept it? Or told to shut up or go to jail for complaining? Or charged with a criminal offense for defending yourself from an attacker? The absolute gall of the ordinary person to expect the elected elite to actually protect them from the invaders?
Did I miss something? Please let me know. I am getting carpal tunnel symptoms from typing my rant.
Guy Forester says
Other than my grammatical errors and run on sentences, that is. I need to work on my proof reading skills. 🙁
gravenimage says
Guy, your comments were great.
DragarOz says
Slowly people are awakening to the truth of the Islamic threat. About time!
gravenimage says
Trump’s Ambassador to Germany: “Conservatives throughout Europe say there is a resurgence going on”
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Good news!
peter says
I really salute leaders like Trump ,Victor Orban and Polish leaders because they are the leaders in the true sense of the word having spine to say enough is enough .God bless them Down with May and Merkel who are carried away by circumcised men with flowing beard .
MFritz says
Grenell is obviously the right man for the job. Sooo funny reading German media articles about what he said!
And Merkel plays “hold the course”, because that’s what she ALWAYS does when she gets called out.
Save Europe says
It’s a pity that the state of the Conservative Party in the UK, where I reside, doesn’t possess many true Conservative values, currently.
MFritz says
UK conservatives have sold out. Moral bankruptcy.
Anne Smith says
Many? I would say it has abandoned all of them and is led by a silly pinko with wet, foolish left wing/liberal ideas and who cannot resist jumping on the latest bandwagon to go by. Mrs May has entirely ruined the Conservative Party which is now full of useless and spineless individuals who prize their jobs in Parliament over any idea of standing up for their constituents or representing those who (rather stupidly) voted for them.
One MP has recently threatened to sue any constituent who writes to her on any issue, for harassment!!
This is the level to which we have now sunk in UK.
Glyn Davies says
How could she sue a constituent for writing a letter of complaint…I would and many others where I live in rural South Australia would all be in a court being sued in this case…we have a bunch of over paid local councilors doing what ever they like and try to tell us that they are transparent and forget the people do remember …
Save Europe says
Pretty much agree. I’d say only Jacob Rees-Mogg has any backbone.
Hari Singh says
The conservatives are clearly fueled by one issue mass immigration .
Jason says
Stop agenda 21 “the resistance has begun – I resist”