France Fires Back in Scathing Message to Donald Trump
France’s government eloquently responded after Trump’s series of critical tweets aimed at French President EmmanuelMacron.
A government spokesperson for France, Benjamin Griveaux, released a statement following President Donald Trump’s criticizing tweets. According to ABC News, Griveaux said on Wednesday:
“We were commemorating the assassination of 130 of our compatriots three years ago in Paris and Saint-Denis, and so I will reply in English: ‘Common decency’ would have been appropriate.”
After receiving intense backlash during his weekend visit to France, Trump took to his social media account to air his irritation and to unleash a series of tweets against French President Emmanuel Macron.
Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the U.S., China and Russia. But it was Germany in World Wars One & Two – How did that work out for France? They were starting to learn German in Paris before the U.S. came along. Pay for NATO or not!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
The problem is that Emmanuel suffers from a very low Approval Rating in France, 26%, and an unemployment rate of almost 10%. He was just trying to get onto another subject. By the way, there is no country more Nationalist than France, very proud people-and rightfully so!……..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
Macron made it known during a CNN interview that he prefers to conduct diplomacy through “direct discussion” rather than through tweets, Hill Reporter shared on Sunday.
However, not everyone in France is being as diplomatic. Yann Barthès, the host of French talk show Quotidien, told Trump: “Go and f**k yourself, you are not welcome in this county.“
Trump and Macron previously shared a rather cordial relationship, with Trump once stating they had a “very really good relationship, very special.”