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Dispatch columnist Nick Catoggio says President Donald Trump has plopped such a noxious odor on right-wing ideology that even ideological diehards are leaping out of windows to avoid him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter 10 years of degrading bootlicking obeisance by the president\u2019s many courtiers, it was startling to see someone who needs a relationship with Trump assert her dignity against his insults,\u201d said Catoggio, speaking of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni\u2019s epic takedown and denial of Trump\u2019s claim that she \u201cbegged\u201d him to \u201ctake a picture with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

In reaction Meloni exploded onto the news cycle, declaring that neither she nor Italy begs for anything.<\/p>\n

Of course Trump said it, suspects Catoggio: \u201cCasually demeaning someone because he bears them a grudge is as instinctive to Donald Trump as applying bronzer or bloviating about \u2018strength.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut those who need to stay on his good side \u2014 like, say, every Republican official in the country \u2014 are doomed to follow the Ted Cruz career arc between 2016 and 2021, broadly speaking,\u201d Catoggio added. \u201cThat is, if Trump insults your wife, you find a way to let it slide and salute when he asks you to help him stage a coup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, if you\u2019re a European leader trying to cobble NATO together and keep Trump from siding with Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, Catoggio said \u201cthe cowardice of the American leadership class\u201d leaves you with few allies within the U.S. willing to support your resistance to Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so the prudent, if pathetic, thing to do when an imperious postliberal goblin insulted you was to bite your tongue,\u201d said Catoggio. \u201cNot Meloni, though. She\u2019s had enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Catoggio suspects Trump\u2019s character and behavior on other matters is driving the Italian leader’s anger. <\/p>\n

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\u201cShe\u2019s a right-wing nationalist, like the president himself. She promotes Christian values and the traditional family model, and presumably she\u2019d like to see that vision make inroads across the continent,\u201d Catoggio said. But \u201cTrump is killing her chances.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more right-wing politics becomes associated with fat orange clownery, the less European voters will want any part of it,\u201d said Catoggio \u2014 and she\u2019s not the only right wing leader fearing for the stain Trump leaves on their argument.<\/p>\n

Far-right European leaders, he said, have been running away from the president for months, in fact. Anger at the Iran war\u2019s global impact on energy costs is a start, but Trump\u2019s behavior is also to blame. <\/p>\n

Jordan Bardella, the head of France\u2019s leading nationalist party summed up Trump\u2019s antics as, \u201cnot only erratic but also extremely unsteady and constantly shifting. \u2026 [We need to] allow powers that are a bit bewildered by the United States \u2014 and who no longer understand the comings and goings of the American president, particularly on defense \u2014 to be able to find in the French defense industry a backup option.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe incident with Meloni is simply another bewildering episode involving the American president that can only hurt the United States and make the global right he unofficially leads look petty, tactless, impetuous, and stupid,\u201d said Catoggio. \u201cMaybe Meloni\u2019s irritation is less a product of her pride being wounded than her resentment at being saddled with a prominent ideological ally who\u2019s discrediting their mutual cause. She\u2019s doing what she can to re-dignify it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Catoggio added that congressional Republicans should meditate on Meloni\u2019s streak of independence, but he added \u201cwe\u2019re waaaaaaay past the point of salvaging the respectability of right-wing politics in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo enjoy the Giorgian rebellion abroad,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s the closest to dignity from a conservative official that you and I will witness in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

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