Abascal meets Trump at ultra-conservative American conference. spain

According to reports, the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, met with former US President Donald Trump in Washington DC this Saturday during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual meeting of the far-right of American Republicans. Team. In the meeting that lasted for 15 minutes, both got a chance to analyze their common policies. Among them, Vox highlighted “Strengthening…”

According to reports, the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, met with former US President Donald Trump in Washington DC this Saturday during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual meeting of the far-right of American Republicans. Team. In the meeting that lasted for 15 minutes, both got a chance to analyze their common policies. Among them, Vox cited “the strengthening of borders against illegal immigration; sovereignty of nations against globalism; Protection of family and life against gender ideology and culture woke up, “A strong commitment to investing in middle-class prosperity or defense in the face of climate dictatorship.”

Vox’s leader intervened at the conference on Friday with a speech in Spanish in which he emphasized his ultra-conservative profile, praising the traditional family, private property, “the faith of our fathers” or “the defense of life from the beginning.” Gave. “To its natural end”, in the face of abortion or euthanasia, in one of its most acclaimed passages. He also attacked universities, which he said have become “machines of censorship, coercion, ideology and anti-Semitism” and “the harbingers of the coming totalitarianism.” Abascal, who presented himself as “a Spanish patriot”, attacked Spain’s government, which he said is made up of “communists and socialists who protect and support Hamas terrorism, and himself “Declares allies of the criminal regimes of Venezuela and Nicaragua”.

This year, the conference has a Latin air, because, in addition to the leader of Vox, the President of Argentina, anarcho-liberal Javier Meili, has been invited; Salvador’s President, Nabib Bukele, who has been reelected to office with an overwhelming majority after fighting criminal gangs in quick succession; Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro; and Mexican actor and abortion opponent Eduardo Verástegui. Abascal had attended CPAC on other occasions, but as a spectator and this edition marked his first time at the podium. Trump and Abascal have not yet met, although Trump sent a recorded message to the annual Vox party in 2022, identifying her as his political representative in Spain.

In his speech, Trump, who is the favorite to win the White House again in next November’s presidential elections, mentioned Abascal as well as other guests and highlighted his “great reputation among conservatives around the world.” . He has also encouraged the Spanish Ultra Party to continue defending its principles.

On Friday, before attending the conference, Abascal held a meeting in Washington with the heads of the Heritage Foundation, the ultra-conservative foundation with which Dicenso, his Vox counterpart, has joined, which has pushed the Spanish party to the right. Helped in entering. Wing divisions of the Republican Party.

Scheduled speakers at the ultraconservative conclave also included Steve Bannon, the architect of Trump’s victory in 2016 and his temporary adviser in the White House, and Joseph Strickland, the conservative and anti-vaccine pastor who was fired by Pope Francis as bishop of Tyler, Texas. Had given. ,

Abascal’s meeting with Trump comes after last Sunday’s Galician elections, in which Vox left with no delegates.