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France accuses Trump of lacking 'decency' over angry tweets on Paris attacks anniversary

2018-11-15 09:44:57       source:The Guardian

November 14, 2018


A French government spokesman has criticised Donald Trump for displaying a lack of “common decency” when he attacked Emmanuel Macron on the anniversary of the 2015 Paris terror attacks.


As France marked the anniversary of the Bataclan attacks in which 130 people were killed, Trump launched a string of angry tweets on Tuesday, condemning the key US ally over its near defeat to Germany in two world wars, its wine industry and Emmanuel Macron’s approval ratings.


When asked on Wednesday about the US leader’s Twitter posts, the French government spokesman, Benjamin Griveaux, said: “Yesterday was November 13. We were marking the murder of 130 of our people, so I’ll reply in English: ‘common decency’ would have been appropriate.”


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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/14/trumps-angry-tweets-on-paris-terror-attacks-anniversary-lack-common-decency