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Donald Trump is facing a major test at home with US midterm elections just weeks away. And he is losing ground with some of his closest allies abroad, too. The AfD, Marine Le Pen and Giorgia Meloni once showed off their ties to MAGA. Now many are keeping their distance - at least publicly. Why?
DW correspondents Hans Pfeifer, Lisa Louis and Giulia Saudelli explain what's driving the shift, and why it's not a clean break.
00:00 Europe's far right and MAGA
01:01 Hungary: Orban's defeat
02:02 Germany: The AfD’s MAGA dilemma
05:17 France: Marine Le Pen's Trump problem
08:49 Italy: Giorgia Meloni - the former ‘Trump-whisperer’
11:56 Is the MAGA-Europe partnership over?
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