Modi-Trump bhai bhai: Can there be a global right-wing coalition?

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Narendra Modi has put a lot of time and effort into attacking Italy because it is the birthplace of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. Despite this, he has a warm rapport with Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni,. So it did not come as a surprise when Meloni, speaking via video link at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC on February 21, launched a broad attack at the left, arguing that the rise of the global right has frustrated them.

As she did so, she mentioned Modi as part of the global right:

“When Bill Clinton and Tony Blair created the global leftist liberal network in the 90s, they were called statesmen. Today, when [Donald] Trump, Meloni, [Javier] Milei, or maybe [Narendra] Modi talk, they are called a threat to democracy. This is the left’s double standard, but we are used to it. And the good news is people no longer believe in their lies. Despite all…

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