FRANCE/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Emmanuel Macron’s spokesman accused Donald Trump of lacking ‘common decency’ Wednesday [11-14-18] after the US President blasted his French counterpart in a series of tweets following his visit to Paris. During a pointed speech at the Elysée Palace in Paris, Benjamin Griveaux took issue with the timing of Trump’s barbs on Tuesday [11-13-18], the same day the country marked the anniversary of the 2015 terror attacks in Paris which left 130 people dead…Griveaux was responding to a barrage of tweets from Trump on Tuesday, in which he mocked President Macron’s low approval ratings, complained about France’s ‘unfair’ trade policy on products including wine, and criticized France for its near defeat to Germany in both world wars…Trump’s broadsides against Macron came on the heels of the President’s controversy-laden trip to France to mark the centenary of the armistice of World War I. Immediately after touching down in Paris on Friday [11-9-18] evening, Trump tweeted his indignation over Macron’s recent call for a ‘real European army’ and further bolstering of European security cooperation to ‘protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States of America.'”
–Saskya Vandoorne and Matthew Robinson, “France accuses Trump of lacking ‘common decency’ for tweets on anniversary of Paris attacks,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, November 14, 2018 9:39 pm