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May 17, 2018
The French Are Fuming at Macron for Buddying Up to Trump
By Adam K. Raymond
There may be no world leader who has gone more out of his way to buddy up to Donald Trump than French president Emmanuel Macron. Despite the differences in their age and politics, the two men have grown closer over the 18 months of Trump’s presidency, something that was obvious if you saw them playing grab-ass during Macron’s recent visit to the U.S.
But the French president has little to show for his bromance with Trump, with the U.S. defying France’s wishes on the Iran nuclear deal, Paris climate accord, and steel tariffs. Now, the French people are pissed that Macron’s genuflecting has not resulted in any tangible wins, the Times reports.
France “prostituted itself” and “humiliated itself in its relations with the U.S.,” Daniel Fasquelle, a member of Parliament from a center-right party in the opposition, told reporters in the halls of the Assemblée Nationale last week in the wake of Mr. Trump’s decision on Iran.
Another lawmaker, Clémentine Autain, on the left, told the journalists, “France favors a partner which happens to be a dangerous partner for world peace.”
“France should bang its fist on the table,” she said, “rather than go courting Donald Trump.”
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