US President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind another embattled far-right European leader, backing Marine Le Pen after French presidential hopeful was convicted of embezzlement and barred from political office.

President Donald Trump threw his support behind France’s embattled far-right leader only hours after French President Emmanuel Macron urged European companies to pause investments in the US over Washington’s trade war.

National Rally's Marine Le Pen was barred from office for five years and convicted in an embezzlement trial this week.

The European Union (EU) is considering a response to President Donald Trump's tariffs that goes beyond customs duties on American goods, the French finance minister warned. "The response can be very vigorous,

The US began collecting a 10% "baseline" tariff on all imports on Saturday as President Donald Trump urged Americans to "hang tough" after market turmoil. The UK and France are among hundreds of countries impacted and its leaders have said nothing is off the table.

Markets are facing their worst crisis since the COVID crash after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in the U.S. president’s escalating trade war. The S&P 500 plummeted 6% Friday,