@ForeignPolicy Robert Zaretsky's article, "France's Existential Loneliness," repeats the nonsensical claim that Macron "declared that such a force was needed as a shield against not just Russia, but also the United States." No, this is a Trumpian invention.
This is the speech in question. Listen from minute four. If you don't understand, I'll translate for you. He is speaking of "cyber attacks that even come from America."
This is important: Once Trump said that, the lie became true in the public mind--to the point that it's now being repeated in FP, which has a bipartisan readership and styles itself as not-fake news.
I now see this nonsensical idea--that Macron sees the United States as an enemy like Russia--everywhere in the US media. Trump-invented facts need fact-checking, not mindless repetition. Please listen to what he said and consider a correction.
You may be thinking, "What's one more lie in a sea of lies," or, "Well, it's sort of close enough to what he said that arguably you could understand it that way." Don't let your standards fall like that. Getting it right matters.
