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‘No Leader is Forever’: Macron Strikes Hostile Tone Against Trump, Says US Can Be Kicked Out of G7

by mosesman

  • ‘No Leader is Forever’: Macron Strikes Hostile Tone Against Trump, Says US Can Be Kicked Out of G7
    by https://www.rt.com/
    If Donald Trump doesn’t care about “being isolated,” then G7 may be better being G6, says Emmanuel Macron. The French president slammed US counterpart for “unproductive” tariffs and preventing other nations from dealing with Iran.
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    When reporters asked Macron on Thursday if the problem with Trump was that he “didn’t care”about being isolated, Macron struck a hostile tone, reminding the media that no president “is forever.” 
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    “The six countries of the G7 without the United States, are a bigger market taken together than the American market,”     Macron said, standing alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Maybe the American president doesn’t care about being isolated today, but we don’t mind being six, if needs be.”
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    Macron’s comments come as the leaders of the G7 countries are preparing to meet at a trade summit in Canada, which analysts expect will turn into a showdown on trade deals, given Trump’s repeated insistence that the US has the “worst trade deals ever made.”
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    The French leader also slammed Trump’s recent decision to impose import tariffs on steel and aluminum from Europe, Canada and Mexico. 
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    “I would like to say Mr. Trump that the measures taken are counterproductive. We can’t engage in a trade war against friends,”     he said while branding the US move as “unilateral and illegal.”
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    “A trade war doesn’t spare anyone. It will start first of all to hurt US workers, and the cost of raw materials will rise, and industries will become less competitive,”     Macron warned.
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    Macron had previously attempted to strike a more conciliatory tone with Trump and was even dubbed the “Trump whisperer” by some in the media. Now, he went on to say there would be no“world hegemony” and that the six other countries, excluding the US, represent “a real force at the international level” today.
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