Minor Greek political figures welcome Trump victory

A number of Greek political figures have taken to social media to welcome Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.

Panos Kammenos, the former leader of Independent Greeks which formed a government coalition with leftist SYRIZA from 2015 to 2019, tweeted "Make Greece great again," in a clear reference to Trump's election slogan.

In the final days of the US election campaign, Kammenos, who served as defense minister under Alexis Tsipras, appealed to Greek Americans to back the Republican candidate.

"With absolute responsibility and knowledge of the past, I call on the entire Greek community in the USA to support the candidacy of President Donald Trump. It is in the interest of Hellenism, of the end to war-like involvement in our region and of our homeland," he tweeted on October 23.

Kyriakos Velopoulos, whose Greek Solution holds 11 seats in...