NOTE: We wish our president was willing to call the head of the Russian government on its interference in our elections and beyond rather than seeming to use the same talking points at Mr. Putin. But, that’s not the case.
The following article by James McAuley was posted on the Washington Post website May 29, 2017:
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a blunt greeting to Vladimir Putin on Monday, criticizing the use of chemical weapons by Syria’s Russian-backed government and blasting two Russian state-owned media organizations as “organs of influence and propaganda.”
Macron had invited the Russian leader to France to reset a relationship that has turned increasingly sour. Putin did more than any other foreign leader to undermine Macron’s legitimacy in this country’s recent presidential election, meeting with his far-right opponent during the campaign. Continue reading “e French President Macron blasts Russian state-owned media as ‘propaganda’”