Posted on 11/13/2018 10:53:06 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump escalated his verbal assaults against France on Tuesday, suggesting that America’s stalwart European ally would have been vanquished in both world wars if not for the military firepower provided by the United States.
Trump tweeted about a suggestion by French President Emmanuel Macron that Europe build up its militaries because the continent can no longer depend on the U.S. for defense. Macron had also said Europe needs to protect itself against cyberthreats from China, Russia and the U.S.
Macron’s comments were inaccurately reported and Trump continues to misrepresent them, seemingly for political hay. The French leader’s office said Trump had lumped together Macron’s remarks on protecting against cyber-threats and “interference in our democracies” from “China, Russia and even the United States” with Macron’s later statement on military defense....
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The Nazis may very well have been extracted from France, but it would have been the Soviets that did it.
France was already defeated in WWII.
wait. france was defeated. we got it back for the ungratefule b*stards.
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Ditto. The pig media is spinning this as if there’s some question.
Suggests???
How about Trump Reminds France they would have been defeated without US
Completely true. And what with france’s Incessant insults to America and anti- semitism, it isn’t worth saving a third time
The Nazis may very well have been extracted from France, but it would have been the Soviets that did it.
Trump is “wrong”.
France was already defeated before the U.S. rescued them from becoming a permanent part of Germany.
“America’s stalwart European ally”
LOL, when its suits them.
France - Always there when they need us.
THEY WERE DEFEATED!
You aren’t LIBERATED, if you had not already been defeated...
Not really. The war on the Eastern Front had already turned bad for the Germans by the time Pearl Harbor hit. Germany never had any chance of prevailing in Russia save for one long shot. That would be a Thrust straight for Moscow with no distractions. But even then, realistically the fall of Moscow would not have change the final outcome. Napoleon made the mistake of thinking seizing the capital meant he got the whole country.
And then they'd be speaking Russian.
Aren’t we talking here about WWI?
Suggests? Implying it’s up for debate. I hate the media.
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