THINLY VEILED CRITICISM OF TRUMP
Asked about Trump’s criticism of NATO allies and threats to pull the US out of the alliance, Macron said:
“I don’t want to provide a running commentary of an operation the Americans have decided on their own with Israel. They can deplore the fact they’re not being helped, but that’s not our operation. We want peace as soon as possible.”
“This is not a show,” Macron added. “We’re talking about war and peace … Let’s be serious and not say one day the opposite of what we said the day before,” he added, without saying if he was talking about Trump.
On Trump’s threats to pull the US out of the NATO alliance, Macron said: “Alliances such as NATO derive their strength from what is not said, that is, from the trust that lies behind them. If you create doubt every day about your commitments, you hollow out its substance.”
The French leader also said that Trump’s comments mocking him and his wife Brigitte were “neither elegant, nor commensurate” with the moment.