WHAT did Marine Le Pen, the head of France's National Front, expect to gain by visiting Moscow on March 24th? Her core supporters relished seeing her with Vladimir Putin, a strong woman standing next to a strongman. Ms Le Pen came away claiming that the world now belongs to nationalist populists such as Mr Putin, Donald Trump, India's Narendra Modi and, implicitly, herself. Interestingly, the visit did not seem aimed at the usual goal of candidates who go abroad: reassuring voters that they can safely be trusted with foreign policy.
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机译：法国国民阵线负责人马林·勒庞（Marine Le Pen）预计在3月24日访问莫斯科会获得什么收益？她的核心支持者很高兴看到弗拉基米尔·普京（Vladimir Putin），她是一个坚强的女人，站在强人旁边。勒庞女士离开后声称自己的世界现在属于民族主义的民粹主义者，例如普京先生，唐纳德·特朗普，印度的纳伦德拉·莫迪以及她自己。有趣的是，这次访问似乎并没有针对出国候选人的通常目标：向选民保证他们可以放心地接受外交政策。
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