French President Emmanuel Macron has hit back at President Donald Trump over his claim that Muslim immigrants are behind the unrest in France. Speaking on Oct. 21, Macron said the comments were “completely false” and “stupid.”
\n\nMacron said there is no visible foreign interference in what happened, but there has been foreign manipulation of information. That, he said, has led many people, including foreign leaders, to make remarks that are “as unacceptable as they are stupid.”
\n\nHe rejected the idea that France was overrun by outsiders. “We’ve had people claiming that we were invaded by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false,” he said. When a reporter asked if he meant Trump, Macron answered: “Among others, but he is part of it.”
\n\nMacron also accused leaders on the other side of the Atlantic, who are in the middle of election campaigns, of using France for their own political purposes. “At times like these, you see who loves France and who doesn’t,” he said. He has also condemned the riots and looting himself.
\n\nHouse Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, also used the images from France to make a political point. In a social media post, he called the…
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