French Protesters Plan 'No Trump Zone' During Bastille-Day Trip
Source: NBC News
by NANCY ING and ALEXANDER SMITH
PARIS One hundred years since the United States entered World War I, Bastille Day 2017 was supposed to not only celebrate France's national day, but also honor the historical cooperation between Paris and Washington.
The attendance of President Donald Trump may change all that.
Trump is set to join Friday's national holiday celebrations, which mark the storming of the royal fortress of Bastille in 1789 that was a key turning point in the French Revolution. He was invited last month by French President Emmanuel Macron, a leader more than 30 years his junior who has criticized Trump on various issues.
Despite this invitation, anti-Trump protesters have promised to give the U.S. president a less-than-cordial greeting when he touches down for France's most important national holiday. Activists from the "Paris Against Trump" group announced a series of events Monday designed to let Trump know he wasn't welcome.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bastille-day-french-anti-trump-protesters-plan-no-trump-zone-n781626
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)The French can be so 'diabolique!'
From the OP link:
"The U.S. president should be no stranger to Europeans protesting his visits. During the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, last week, there were violent clashes between demonstrators and police.
Many of the protesters singled out Trump as the object of their disquiet.
Trump is unpopular across most of Europe. In France, 86 percent of people have "no confidence" in him to do the right thing when it comes to world affairs, according to a study by the Pew Research Center last month."
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Protect your pussies. And your democracy.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)J_William_Ryan
(1,753 posts)shouldn't even bother to travel abroad - except for going to Russia, of course.
tclambert
(11,085 posts)Letting him out, though . . .