Steve Bannon, the controversial former White House strategist, is accused of having made the Nazi salute during his speech at CPAC, the convention of conservative and sovereignist parties, which is being held in Washington with President Donald Trump hosting the event.
The gesture, as happened with Elon Musk , who allegedly performed the Roman salute at a public event last January, sparked immediate controversy.
The president of Marine Le Pen's French National Rally, Jordan Bardella, has decided to cancel his speech at the convention in Washington, precisely because of Bannon's "Nazi gesture."
Reactions also in Italy: « Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has not said a word for days about Trump's insults and frontal attacks on Ukraine and the European Union , she does not have the courage to take a position , she is unable to defend Italian and European interests because she does not want to displease the new American administration», declared the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein . Adding: «We even learned from the press that President Meloni is considering not participating in the G7 meeting on Monday and is instead thinking of going to the Trumpian CPAC conference (he should speak via link tomorrow, ed.), where Steve Bannon concluded his speech with the Nazi salute, as Musk had already done a few weeks ago . Even Bardella has cancelled his participation. After this fact, we wonder where Giorgia Meloni wants to take Italy, in her inability to choose between the Italy T-shirt and the Trump cap. Far from being a bridge with the USA, she is already proving to be a vassal . "Have the decency to dissociate yourself from this neo-fascist gathering to, for once, serve the interests of Italy," concluded Schlein.
(Online Union)
