Hollande fires back

[struggle4progress]

Sat Feb 25, 2017 | 6:51am EST

... French President Francois Hollande fired back at Donald Trump on Saturday after the U.S. president remarked in a speech that a friend thought "Paris is no longer Paris" after attacks by Islamist militants.

Hollande said Trump should show support for U.S. allies ...

"I won't make comparisons but here, people don't have access to guns. Here, you don't have people with guns opening fire on the crowd simply for the satisfaction of causing drama and tragedy," Hollande said, responding to questions during a visit at the Paris Agric fair.

During a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, Trump repeated his criticism of Europe's handling of attacks by Islamist militants saying a friend "Jim" no longer wanted to take his family to Paris ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-usa-paris-idUSKBN1640CD

[struggle4progress]

1. Parisian mayor fires back

Paris’s mayor has hit back at Donald Trump after he snubbed the French capital claiming it was a no-go zone for some Americans.

The President insinuated the French capital was no longer a safe destination for US tourists in a speech delivered at the Conservative Political Action Conference, when he referred his friend "Jim", who he said frequently visited the French city, but has not been for the past four or five years ...

Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo responded to Mr Trump’s insults by tweeting: “To @readDonaldTrump and his friend Jim, in @LaTour Effel we celebrate the dynamism and spirit of openness of Paris with Mickey and Minnie."

Other French politicians followed suit, with the French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault also tweeting to the president ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-mayor-donald-trump-scared-visit-france-friend-capital-terror-attack-a7598891.html

[monmouth4]

2. I read where the French are asking President Obama to lead their country..LOL..n/t

[Ilsa]

3. Well, Donald, a lot of people around the world don't want to come here, either.

And many of us don't want to fly because of fear of bbeing harassed.