France's far right is wary of Trump, but head over heels for Putin

So, as Le Pen put it, she feels “no misgiving at all” about Russian hacking having an impact on the French elections—and then she riffed on Clinton, saying the hacking story was just an excuse for the failure of “she who was the favorite—let’s say it, the chouchou of the system, the chouchou of the media, the chouchou of the global political class, the chouchou of those who are looking, precisely, to put in place this world government, the chouchou of the banks, the great multinationals.”

To blame the Russians because people voted against all that is “pathetic,” said Le Pen.

Nor should the Russians (Soviets) be blamed for the Cold War. As Le Pen recently told CNBC, the Americans started that. So, too, with the war in Ukraine: it all began because the European Union tried to turn Ukraine against Russia, then staged an illegal coup, then, backed by the United States, set up an anti-Russian government in a country where “we all know” part looks East and part looks West.

Nor should Putin be blamed for the slaughter in Syria, because, “we all know,” as Le Pen told the Anglo-American Press Association on Friday, that there is no “moderate” opposition to the Assad regime there.