Jordan Bardella, the popular leader of France’s conservative National Rally party, told Newsmax on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s victory signaled to Western democracies that it’s OK to focus on national interests and patriotism.

“We are reconciling the people with politics and placing them back at the center of major political decisions,” Bardella told “The Record With Greta Van Susteren” a day before he is scheduled to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland.

“People don’t want to disappear, and we cannot stop a people with renewed hope,” he said through an interpreter. “What is true is that nowadays, Trump is showing us that this can be done.

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