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Macron told Europe 1: “We will not protect the European if we don’t decide to have a real European army. Faced with Russia, which is at our borders and which showed us that it could be threatening, we must have a Europe that defends itself more on its own, without only depending on the United States and in a more sovereign way.”

Less dependence is NOT defending 'against'. Jesus, you must have had a terrible time during your short stay in H.S.

He also castigated Trump from withdrawing from the INF treaty. “Who will be the main victim?,” Macron asked. “Europe and its security.”

EU leaders often speak in the same terms that Macron used in the interview, citing Russia and China, as well as Trump’s evident skepticism about transatlantic cooperation, as security threats.

While it’s not exactly clear what troubled Trump, or if he had seen a full translation of Macron’s remarks, any notion of actual hostilities between the U.S. and Europe is preposterous, and it is impossible that the French president was suggesting such.

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Now that he’s in France to mark the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, the latest scandale concernant le président involves Trump’s tweet that French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for a European army is “very insulting.”

“President Macron of France has just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the U.S., China and Russia.

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