FRANCE/MILITARY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, fresh off a tense visit to Paris, on Tuesday [11-13-18] fired off a string of tweets attacking French President Emmanuel Macron for floating the idea of a self-reliant European military and the country’s wine tariffs, while accusing Macron of swiping at Trump’s nationalism to distract from his own shortcomings…Trump’s Tuesday morning tweet was his second over the past five days that accused Macron of suggesting European nations need more robust militaries to protect themselves from the U.S., a mischaracterization of what the French president actually said. Macron, in an interview with Europe 1, suggested that Europe needs to better position itself militarily against an increasingly aggressive Russia. Macron also lamented a U.S. decision to withdraw from a treaty with Russia that prohibited the manufacture of intermediate-range nuclear missiles. The ‘main ‘of that move, Macron said, was ‘Europe and its security.'”
–Caitlin Oprysko, “Trump goes on the attack against Macron,” Politico, November 13, 2018 9:33 am