It’s hardly breaking new ground to suggest that former U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino,
-- the man who led the Trump administration’s paramilitary assault on Minneapolis last winter,
-- looks and acts like a fascist.

But so much of American public discourse, over the last decade or so, has involved refusing to
“observe the observable,” in Joan Didion’s famous phrase.

To put it another way, it seems inordinately difficult for our media class to make the daring leap from
“it quacks like a duck” to the conclusion that it actually is one.

German media outlets, which arguably have some expertise in this area, were all over it with Bovino from the jump.

Arno Frank of Der Spiegel described Bovino’s infamous olive overcoat as recalling the attire of
an “elegant SS officer,” set against “the rowdy SA mob.”
All that was missing from this “perfect cosplay,” Frank added, was a monocle.

The daily Süddeutsche Zeitung also heaped mock praise on Bovino’s “Nazi look,” writing that his
“closely cropped haircut” suggested he might have “taken a photo of Ernst Röhm to the barber.”

That mordant humor, however enjoyable, tiptoes around the unanswerable question of
how, or even whether, we can tell the difference between cosplay and the real thing.

How is a guy who wears that coat,
cites Nazi general Erwin Rommel as an inspiration,
and has suggested there may be 100 million “deportable individuals” in the United States
— which is roughly 30 percent of the entire population
— not a fascist?

There is, of course, no way to deport 100 million people without destroying civil society and the U.S. economy.
It’s worth remembering that most of what bozos like Bovino have to say is just Trumpian stroke-book material.

But you also couldn’t deport even a third that many people without undoing or rewriting the basic principles of citizenship,
which is how we get to the "Remigration Summit",
a gathering of right-of-far-right weirdos at a Portuguese resort last weekend
where Greg Bovino was the star attraction.

“#Remigration” is the latest technocratic code word for ethnic cleansing,
carried out mostly by handsome young men in expensive suits with Ernst Röhm haircuts,
rather than by goons with Kalashnikovs.

But the premise is pretty much the same:
We find a way to kick out all the “unassimilated” (i.e., nonwhite) people,
regardless of their citizenship or birthplace or anything else,
from majority-white nations of “Europe and the West.”

(Donald Trump has road-tested the phrase a few times, and there’s an “Office of Remigration” deep within the State Department bureaucracy.

I would speculate that Stephen Miller has reluctantly concluded it’s not ready for prime time)
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/07/remember-greg-bovino-hes-now-an-international-fascist-hero/

#GregBovino #fascists #remigration #EthnicCleansing

"Remember Greg Bovino? He’s now an international fascist hero

Fascists are like cockroaches: They survive on the conservative movement's leftovers, and keep coming back

It’s hardly breaking new ground to suggest that former U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, the man who led the Trump administration’s paramilitary assault on Minneapolis last winter, looks and acts like a fascist. But so much of American public discourse, over the last decade or so, has involved refusing to 'observe the observable,' in Joan Didion’s famous phrase. To put it another way, it seems inordinately difficult for our media class to make the daring leap from 'it quacks like a duck' to the conclusion that it actually is one.

German media outlets, which arguably have some expertise in this area, were all over it with Bovino from the jump. Arno Frank of Der Spiegel described Bovino’s infamous olive overcoat as recalling the attire of an 'elegant SS officer,' set against .the rowdy SA mob.' All that was missing for 'the perfect cosplay,' Frank added, was a monocle. The daily Süddeutsche Zeitung also heaped mock praise on Bovino’s 'Nazi look,' writing that his 'closely cropped haircut' suggested he might have 'taken a photo of Ernst Röhm to the barber.'

That mordant humor, however enjoyable, tiptoes around the unanswerable question of how, or even whether, we can tell the difference between cosplay and the real thing. How is a guy who wears that coat, cites Nazi general Erwin Rommel as an inspiration, and has suggested there may be 100 million 'deportable individuals' in the United States — which is roughly 30 percent of the entire population — not a fascist?

There is, of course, no way to deport 100 million people without destroying civil society and the U.S. economy. It’s worth remembering that most of what bozos like Bovino have to say is just Trumpian stroke-book material. But you also couldn’t deport even a third that many people without undoing or rewriting the basic principles of citizenship, which is how we get to the Remigration Summit, a gathering of right-of-far-right weirdos at a Portuguese resort last weekend where Greg Bovino was the star attraction.

'Remigration' is the latest technocratic code word for ethnic cleansing, carried out mostly by handsome young men in expensive suits with Ernst Röhm haircuts, rather than by goons with Kalashnikovs. But the premise is pretty much the same: We find a way to kick out all the 'unassimilated (i.e., nonwhite) people, regardless of their citizenship or birthplace or anything else, from majority-white nations of 'Europe and the West.' (Donald Trump has road-tested the phrase a few times, and there’s an 'Office of Remigration' deep within the State Department bureaucracy. I would speculate that Stephen Miller has reluctantly concluded it’s not ready for prime time.)

(. . .)

Earlier international gatherings of far-right nationalists, such as the Montreux Fascist Conference of 1934, focused on a familiar enemy that had supposedly 'installed themselves as if on foreign territory, openly or occultly exercising an influence harmful to the material and moral interests of the nation which shelters them.' They were talking about the Jews, of course, while today’s right-wing crusaders direct nearly identical language at Muslim immigrants. But anyone who believes that the contemporary remigration agenda isn’t profoundly shaped by antisemitic conspiracy theory has surrendered to a moral blindness nearly as bad as fascism itself.

(. . .)

That a person so deeply stupid, and so inconsequential, was given secret-police powers of life and death by the president of the United States symbolizes way too much about our painful era. It is hilarious and tragic and ultimately unforgivable, all at the same time."

https://www.salon.com/2026/06/07/remember-greg-bovino-hes-now-an-international-fascist-hero/

#LeMonde – Avec la « #remigration », l’ #extrême #droite veut préparer les esprits à une #politique #raciale en #Europe

https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2026/06/07/avec-la-remigration-l-extreme-droite-veut-preparer-les-esprits-a-une-politique-raciale-en-europe_6699142_823448.html?lmd_medium=al&lmd_campaign=envoye-par-appli&lmd_creation=android&lmd_source=default

Borgonovo ci parla di enclave dove non si parla italiano, di immigrazione, e di remigrazione come fatto "umanitario". Lo dice con pacatezza. Chi non ha gli strumenti culturali per capire che sta proponendo l'etno-nazionalismo e la deportazione, potrebbe anche dargli ragione. Invece é un razzista che blatera da una posizione dominante, benestante, sicura e protetta.

#remigration #racism

#GlobalFarRight Trash meet in #Portugal about #remigration
with #GregBovino right there with them

#DemocracyNow

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/4/remigration_summit

#GregBovino Was the Star at a #European #Remigration Conference

The man who headed Trump’s invasions of US cities joined the US and European far right in #Portugal to preach “remigration”—a plan to expel all #minorities and #immigrants.
#Trump #farright #immigration #maga

https://www.wired.com/story/greg-bovino-was-the-star-at-a-european-remigration-conference/

Paris Remigration Summit This Autumn?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/paris-remigration-summit-le-gallou-sellner-vlaardingerbroek/