On 12 January, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was spotted by photographers drinking coffee at Trump Tower in New York.
She suggested at the time that she wanted to meet with then US president-elect Donald Trump, but it didn't work out.
What few people know is that the night before, a cocktail party was organised in the same building to raise funds for her political party, the National Front (FN).
The party was organised by an Italian businessman George "Guido" Lombardi.
Lombardi, who lives in Trump Tower, has close links with the European far-right, especially Italy's Lega Nord. He says that he has been a friend of Marine Le Pen for 20 years.
"There were people [at the party] who were favorable to her, supporters, people who are friends of mine, entrepreneurs, at least three UN ambassadors, some political consultants and advisers," Lombardi told EUobserver in a recent phone interview.
He refused to give names but described the guests that came to meet Le Pen as "American businessmen, American representatives from Wall Street, Israeli businessmen, a couple of Russian businessmen*, a couple of Asian businessmen, a couple of Italians, some French nationals"...
Read the rest at Meet Le Pen's friends at Trump Tower
* Our emphasis
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