Trump Mocks France for World War Losses

[LudwigPastorius]

50. Trump is a fucking idiot.

He thinks Macron slighted the U.S. (probably got that from watching FOX), and is now angry, and insulting our oldest ally, over something that DIDN'T HAPPEN.

PARIS — For the second time, President Trump has repeated the false claim that French President Emmanuel Macron called for a European army to protect the continent against the United States. Macron never said any such thing.

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Trump’s interpretation of Macron’s remarks is factually misleading and comes from an interview Macron gave to France’s Europe 1 radio several days before Trump’s arrival. What Macron said has been largely echoed by European Union leaders for months now and in fact mimics the same demand Trump has long made: Europe needs to stop relying on the United States for its own defense.

“I believe in the project of a sovereign Europe. We won’t protect Europe if we don’t decide to have a true European army. In front of Russia, which is at our borders and which can be threatening, I would like to start a security dialogue with Russia, which is a country I respect and which is European,” Macron told Europe 1.


“We have to have a Europe that can defend itself alone — and without only relying on the United States — in a more sovereign manner,” he added.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/10/why-trumps-explosive-claim-that-macron-wants-european-military-protect-itself-us-is-so-misleading/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f535bdf07944