cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/53285536
The founder of the party is Salvatore Nicotra, former head of the Belgian National Front (NF). According to him, the name TRUMP is an abbreviation for Tous Réunis pour l’Union des Mouvements Populistes (“All United for the Union of Populist Movements”). The politician explicitly associates the party’s brand with the image of Donald Trump.
We can that a demagogue, populist has lost most of the negative connotations after decades where neither of our two parties would even barely even bother to pretend they were on the side of the people