Front National founder and unwitting Instagram sensation Jean-Marie Le Pen endorsed Donald Trump for U.S. president on Saturday, surprising everyone who has never heard about him before.
Si j’étais américain, je voterais Donald TRUMP… Mais que Dieu le protège !
— Jean-Marie Le Pen (@lepenjm) February 27, 2016
It’s up for debate whether this endorsement from Le Pen—who once referred to the Holocaust as “not particularly humane”—is better or worse than David Duke—former Ku Klux Klan leader—endorsing Trump on Thursday. Duke said that voting against Trump would be “treason to your heritage,” referring, it seems, to white people.
