Don’t interfere in our internal affairs, France warns Trump
Paris, Dec. 9: France has warned Donald Trump to stop meddling in its internal affairs, reacting strongly to the US President’s latest tweets about the protests rocking the country and the Paris climate agreement.
“Leave our nation be, we do not take domestic American politics into account and we want that to be reciprocated,” French foreign minister Jean- Yves Le Drian told LCI television on Sunday.
Other French politicians have also responded angrily to Trump’s latest tweets, including a lawmaker from President Emmanuel Macron’s party who dubbed the US leader “Donald the Senile”. “DON’T INSULT MY COUNTRY DOTARD,” Joachim SonForget posted, employing an antiquated insult previously used against Trump by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Mr Trump had on Saturday posted two tweets referring to the “yellow vest” protests that have swept France. “Very sad day & night in Paris. Maybe it’s time to end the ridiculous and extremely expensive Paris Agreement and return money back to the people in the form of lower taxes?” he suggested.
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he was nominating Army chief of staff General Mark Milley as his next top military adviser — a new slap in the face for Pentagon chief Jim Mattis.
Milley, a four- star general who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, would replace General Joseph Dunford as the military’s next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Dunford is scheduled to retire in October 2019 at the end of his second twoyear term.
“I am thankful to both of these incredible men for their service to our Country!” Trump said on Twitter in making the announcement.
“Mark is a great gentleman, great soldier. I look forward to that,” Trump then told reporters before heading to the annual Army- Navy football game in Philadelphia.
But in choosing the 60year- old Milley, a graduate of Princeton University known for his combat command experience, Trump went against the wishes of Mattis, who reportedly favoured Air Force General David Goldfein.