L’enfant Terrible? Macron Taunts Trump on Armistice Day Amid Talk of Empire and EU Army

• L’enfant Terrible? Macron Taunts Trump on Armistice Day Amid Talk of Empire and EU Army
  by Robert Bridge, https://www.rt.com/
  French President Macron rebuked the concept of ‘nationalism’ during Armistice Day celebrations marking the end of WWI. At the same time, his government was pondering the merits of empire and building an all-European army.
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  Donald Trump’s trip to France got off to a bumpy start, and the world is still experiencing the turbulence today. Ahead of Trump’s arrival in Paris for the celebrations, Macron dropped a bombshell, speaking out on behalf of an all-European military force, which would be totally free of US patronage.
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  “We have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States of America,” he told French radio.
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  Although Trump and Macron made nice for the cameras in Paris, the US leader referred to Macron’s remarks as “very insulting.”
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  But the entertainment did not end there. Macron, the former Rothschild banker who rose from relative obscurity to defeat Marine Le Pen in the 2017 French elections, paid homage to the centennial event with a speech that seemed to fall short of honoring the roughly 10 million soldiers who perished in that bloody global conflagration.
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  In the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe, Macron used the solemn occasion to indulge his audience, which included nearly 70 world leaders, with his personal views on nationalism, which he defined as “a betrayal of patriotism.”
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