Paris rioters chanting Trump’s name is fake news

Why have French rioters been battling police in Paris? Because they want to be led by Trump, according to a theory retweeted by the president himself on Tuesday and subsequently debunked.

“‘We want Trump’ being chanted through the streets of Paris,” said conservative student activist Charlie Kirk in a tweet relayed by the president to his more than 56 million Twitter followers.

Most demonstrators have expressed anger over plans to increase fuel taxes and general anger at inequality in France.

“There are riots in socialist France because of radical leftist fuel taxes. Media barely mentioning this,” Kirk wrote.

“America is booming, Europe is burning They want to cover up the middle-class rebellion York Times, made the same claim about the protesters.

On Dec 3, several English-language online media, as well as right-wing American radio host Rush Limbaugh, reported that French protesters were chanting for Trump. These reports were all based on a video posted on Twitter on Dec 2 by user @jackwhite, which was retweeted more than 17,000 times.

In the video, a man wearing a Trump mask stands on a bus, while a crowd of hundreds chant, “We want Trump.”

However, the video was not shot during the “yellow vests” protests shaking Paris or in France. The video was shot during a protest for the release of Tommy Robinson, former leader of the English Defence League, a British farright organisation.