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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Thu Jun 30, 2016, 07:58 PM Jun 2016

French president endorses Hillary Clinton, attacks Donald Trump. Vive la France




French President Francois Hollande (Photo: Stephane De Sakutin, AFP/Getty Images)
Foreign leaders have made no secret of their disdain for Donald Trump — and now French President Francois Hollande has made it explicit, endorsing Hillary Clinton for the White House.

"The best thing the Democrats can do is to get Hillary Clinton elected," Hollande wrote in a column for a French newspaper, according to a translation by Politico.

Trump, meanwhile, offers slogans that are "barely different from the extreme right in Europe and in France," and electing him “would complicate relations between Europe and the U.S.," Hollande wrote.

It is unusual for a foreign leader to make such an explicit endorsement in a U.S. presidential election.

From Mexico to the United Kingdom, leaders have criticized various Trump pronouncements on Muslims, immigration and trade agreements.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/06/30/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-francois-hollande-france/86552272/



Trump says U.S. elites have too often played up to foreign interests, and his policies would put "America First."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/06/30/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-francois-hollande-france/86552272/


Trump does have Putin and Kim Jong-un though!
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French president endorses Hillary Clinton, attacks Donald Trump. Vive la France (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 OP
Count down to the inevitable Trumper Tantrum Lance Bass esquire Jun 2016 #1
Ya know T-rump is gonna say something ugly and get a pass from his Iliyah Jun 2016 #2
Time for GOPers to switch back to "Freedom Fries." (n/t) JaneQPublic Jun 2016 #3
 

Lance Bass esquire

(671 posts)
1. Count down to the inevitable Trumper Tantrum
Thu Jun 30, 2016, 08:02 PM
Jun 2016

3...2...1..

Sure it will go something like this.

He's weak..he's a loser...he can't keep his people safe..he's a terrible leader...from now on I will call him Pepe le Pew.

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