Marine Le Pen backs Donald Trump as she says Clinton will bring “war and devastation”

The Front National leader voiced support for the Republican candidate today and laid into Democrat rival Hillary Clinton, saying she would bring war and hardship to the world.

Ms Le Pen is a candidate in France”s April 2017 presidential election.

While her increasingly popular party thrives on anti-immigration sentiment, she has been more careful in her speeches than Mr Trump has been, keen to make her party more mainstream.

She told CNN: ”As far as France”s best interest is concerned
“It”s everything but Hillary Clinton because I believe Hillary Clinton means war, Hillary Clinton means devastation, destabilising the world, economic choices that would be devastating for my people, geo-strategic choices that would lead to global conflicts.”

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