1) Yes, Macron's statement was stupid.
2. The French economy is one of Europe's best-performing this year. It's beat all the forecasts. It's created half a million new jobs in the past two years. It's doing very well economically. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
fortune.com/2019/11/18/fra…
2. The French economy is one of Europe's best-performing this year. It's beat all the forecasts. It's created half a million new jobs in the past two years. It's doing very well economically. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
fortune.com/2019/11/18/fra…
3) No one's heard from the Yellow Vests in ages.
4) When he says, "They're starting to tax people's products," he perhaps means the digital services tax. euronews.com/2019/07/11/wha… Amazon pays no federal income tax in the US.
4) When he says, "They're starting to tax people's products," he perhaps means the digital services tax. euronews.com/2019/07/11/wha… Amazon pays no federal income tax in the US.
Instead of retaliating against French luxury goods--which will only hurt US consumers--we might consider imposing a similar tax.
5) I agree that you can't go around making statements like that about NATO. When heads of state do this, it harms the credibility of the alliance.
5) I agree that you can't go around making statements like that about NATO. When heads of state do this, it harms the credibility of the alliance.
This endangers us all. Macron shouldn't do it. Nor should Erdogan.
But above all, Trump shouldn't do it--and when he says things like this, which show he hasn't been briefed or hasn't listened to his briefings about France, he confirms the belief that he's brain-dead.
But above all, Trump shouldn't do it--and when he says things like this, which show he hasn't been briefed or hasn't listened to his briefings about France, he confirms the belief that he's brain-dead.
