Far-right presidential hopeful Éric Zemmour stole more thunder from his right-wing rival Marine Le Pen on Tuesday by touting a “long and friendly” conversation with Donald Trump, the former US president whose support Le Pen had long courted, but in vain.
Trump, whose 2016 presidential run has been cited as a blueprint for Zemmour’s current bid for the Élysée Palace, urged the former far-right pundit to "stand his ground, hang in there and keep his spirits up" in a 40-minute phone conversation late on Monday, Zemmour’s spokesman Guillaume Peltier told the France 2 broadcaster. "Tenacity and stamina" will pay off, Trump reportedly said.
