Trump and Musk back Le Pen as NR’s Bardella says verdict should ‘outrage’ France – Europe live

US president calls embezzlement sentence ‘a very big deal’ as her party’s president says there will be protests this weekend

By the way, given how heavy the news cycle tends to be these days, we need to grasp every opportunity to look for something positive, so let’s celebrate the April Fools’ Day today.

Send me your best April Fools’ Day stories from across Europe for a post later this afternoon – I’m on jakub.krupa@theguardian.com.