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France's Macron Calls for Creating a 'European Army'
French President Emmanuel Macron called for the creation of a "true European army," issuing a sharp critique of trans-Atlantic security ties days before U.S. President Trump is due to visit France.
Europe's security ties with the U.S., which have been a bedrock of the continent's stability for decades, have come under strain as Mr. Trump has demanded more military spending from European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and questioned the alliance's benefits for the U.S. Such tensions have led Mr. Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to publicly question whether the continent can still rely on the U.S. to come to Europe's defense.
Mr. Macron went a step further by grouping the U.S. among foreign powers he considers a potential threat to the continent. "We have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States of America," Mr. Macron said on French radio.
Mr. Macron made the remarks as part of a weeklong tour of World War I battlefields ahead of the centenary of the Nov. 11 Armistice, when the French leader is due to host Mr. Trump, Vladimir Putin of Russia and many other heads of state.
Also at Newsweek.
Emmanuel Macron: Six held in 'attack' plot against French president
Six people have been arrested in France on suspicion of planning to carry out a "violent" attack on President Emmanuel Macron, officials say. The individuals, reported to be five men and a woman, were picked up by the French security services in Brittany, north-east and south-east France.
An investigation is now taking place into a "criminal terrorist association", a judicial source said. Details of the suspects and the alleged plot have not yet been released.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday November 07 2018, @03:53PM (2 children)
I'm a clean-hands freak; and dislike shaking hands. One of the curses of American society is the simple act of shaking hands, and the more successful and famous one becomes, the worse this terrible custom seems to get. I happen to be a clean-hands freak. I feel much better after I thoroughly wash my hands, which I do as often as possible. Medical reports have come out saying that colds and various other ailments are spread through the act of shaking hands. I have no doubt about this.
To me the only good thing about the act of shaking hands prior to eating is that I tend to eat less. For example, there is no way, after shaking someone's hand, that I would eat bread. Even walking down the street, as people rush up to shake my hand, I often wonder to myself, why? Why risk catching a cold?
Some business executives believe in a firm handshake. I believe in no handshake. It is a terrible practice. So often, I see someone who is obviously sick, with a bad cold or the flu, who approaches me and says, "Mr. Trump, I would like to shake your hand." It’s a medical fact that this is how germs are spread. I wish we could follow the Japanese custom of bowing instead.
And there's so many real estate folks with whom you don’t want to waste the effort of a handshake because you know it’s meaningless. I’m talking about the lowlifes, the HORROR SHOWS with whom nothing counts but a signed contract.
The worst is having to shake hands during a meal. On one occasion, a man walked out of the restaurant’s bathroom, jiggling his hands as though they were still wet and hadn’t used a towel. He spotted me, walked over to my table, and said, "Mr. Trump, you’re the greatest. Would you please shake my hand?" In this case, I decided to shake hands, because I was a little overweight at the time and knew that if I shook his hand I wouldn’t eat my meal -- and that would be a good thing.
But Emmanuel is so different, so special. When he shook my hand, he put INCREDIBLE strength into it. Like you've never felt in your entire life. Like he was giving me all his strength. And all the strength of the great French people. And Brigitte took my other hand, we did the 3-way handshake. I'll tell you, Brigitte's in such good shape. She's in such good physical shape. Beautiful. I and Brigitte looked so deeply into each other's eyes. Like there was nobody else for us. And I didn't look at Emmanuel. At all. But I could feel him in my hand. I was looking at her. Feeling her. But, feeling him too. And it was amazing. Devil's Triangle. But with our clothes on. And hopefully next time, no clothes.
And he's great with Military. He has a very special day. Which he calls Bastille Day. His special day for Military. And I went to that one. Magnificent parade. Huge parade with so many airplanes. Like you wouldn't believe. And I said to my Generals, look into that one, can we have Bastille Day? Because I want parades like that. And even bigger. Parades with airplanes of my Air Force. And space ships of Space Force. So everybody will know, America is Great Again. And very strong. The likes of which this world has never seen. With the best people, my great, and very brave Soldiers. And the best equipment.
Everybody wants to buy our equipment. So we are helping some of those countries get online and buy the best equipment. We're talking to Saudi Arabia about, let's send them our nuclear. Some of our very peaceful nuclear. Although, if they want to use that one for Military, hopefully they can. I mean, why not? It's going to happen anyway, sooner or later. It's a way for them to defend themselves without costing us money. In fact we make a lot of money on it. We actually make money -- you don't hear that too often, folks. But you're going to be hearing it more and more. And if it's sooner, we get the money sooner. We call that one, 123 Agreement. And it's going to be much fairer than the horrible Iran Deal.
Many people are saying, NATO is obsolete. Costing us a lot of money. And goes into many places where folks don't want it. Afghanistan, Libya -- there are many more. Now Emmanuel is saying, let's have European Army, let's protect ourselves. As France has been doing for so long. They have some of the best military. After U. S. A. they're the next best. Great nuclear, great army, great wall. Very strong. With a very strong leader. Although, I think they should get together with Spain. And build that wall across Sahara. Stop the Muslim invasion!!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 07 2018, @07:48PM (1 child)
I, for one, have never read one of your posts.
I sure as hell ain't gonna read a wall of text.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday November 14 2018, @07:36AM
I'm a very High Energy guy and I'm very energized from our BIG WIN last week.
And don't worry about reading. We love the poorly read!!!!