Donald Trump has launched an extraordinary attack on Emmanuel Macron, claiming the French “were starting to learn German” until the US intervened in the First and Second World Wars.
Sky News reports that in his latest rebuke of the French president – who last week called for a “real European army” to defend the continent against China, Russia and even the US – Mr Trump appeared to insult the role played by Paris in both of the conflicts.The US leader, who had already described the idea of an EU army as “insulting”, tweeted: “Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the US, 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 US came along. Pay for NATO or not!”
He later added: “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! MAKE FRANCE GREAT AGAIN!”
