Tag: Emmanuel Macron

Trump, Macron hold tense meeting: ‘Would you like some nice ISIS fighters? I can give them to you’

The Hill logoPresident Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron held a tense meeting Tuesday on the sidelines of a NATO summit, with Trump at one point telling the French leader he could send him some “ISIS fighters” if he wanted them.

“Would you like some nice ISIS fighters? I can give them to you,” Trump said with a slight smile at the meeting, which was carried live on cable news. “You can take every one you want.”

“Let’s be serious,” Macron replied sternly, reasoning that most ISIS fighters came from Syria, Iraq and Iran and disputing Trump’s common refrain that the terrorist group had been defeated.

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French president debunks Trump’s latest whopper about NATO allies

The following article by Eric Boehlert was posted on the ShareBlue.com website July 12, 2018:

Credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP Photo

Trump tried to take credit for an agreement that already existed, and French president Emmanuel Macron immediately called him out for lying.

Having concocted a NATO crisis during the alliance’s annual meeting this week, Trump announced that he had magically solved a problem he himself created.

He’s lying, of course.

On Wednesday, Trump berated America’s longtime allies by insisting the U.S. has been “taken advantage of” by other members of the NATO alliance because they spend less than the U.S. does on military defense.

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Trump tried to bribe France to leave the European Union

The following article by Emily Crockett was posted on the ShareBlue.com website June 29, 2018:

Trump tried to make Vladimir Putin’s wildest dreams come true by destabilizing the European Union.

Presidents Trump and Macron. Credit: AP Photo, Evan Vucci

Trump never misses an opportunity to insult America’s closest alliesin Europe — but the problem is much worse than just trash talk. We now know that Trump is actively trying to destabilize the European Union, two European officials told the Washington Post.

During an April meeting at the White House, Trump offered French President Emmanuel Macron a shocking deal: If France leaves the E.U., the U.S. will give France a much better bilateral trade deal than the rest of the E.U. gets.

Yes, a U.S. president actually offered a bribe to try to dismantle a major organization of U.S. allies. Trump tried to con his way into knocking down a pillar of Western democracy and the international liberal order.

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Body language: Photo of Merkel, Trump captures G-7 tensions

The following article by David McHugh was posted on the Associated Press website June 10, 2018:

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — One viral photo is telling it all about tensions at the G-7 summit.

A picture of U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel displaying less-than-friendly body language is turning out to be a defining image of the contentious meeting of the Group of Seven leaders of the world’s advanced economies. Continue reading “Body language: Photo of Merkel, Trump captures G-7 tensions”

Promising to ‘Make Our Planet Great Again,’ Macron lures 13 U.S. climate scientists to France

The following article by Steven Mufson was posted on the Washington Post website December 11, 2017:

Former secretary generals of the United Nations Kofi Annan, left, and Ban Ki-moon, right, sit across from French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Dec, 11, 2017. (Pool photo by Michel Euler via Reuters)

What initially looked like an impish dig at President Trump by French President Emmanuel Macron over climate policy has turned into a concrete plan.

First, when the Trump administration proposed slashing federal science budgets and then, on June 1, when Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, Macron took to social media to offer (in perfect English) to greet with open arms — and research dollars — American scientists worried about the political climate as well as global warming.

Macron urged worried climate scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to see France as a “second homeland” and to come work there because “we all share the same responsibility: make our planet great again.” Continue reading “Promising to ‘Make Our Planet Great Again,’ Macron lures 13 U.S. climate scientists to France”