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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/08/03/donald-trump-francois-hollande-france-afp/87993776/
Criticism of Donald Trump has gone global in the form of French President Francois Hollande.
"His excesses make you want to retch, even in the United States, especially when as was Donald Trump's case he speaks ill of a soldier, of the memory of a soldier," Hollande told reporters in Paris, his last comments referring to the Republican candidate's feud with the Muslim parents of a slain U.S. soldier.
Hollande said leaders across the globe are keeping a worried eye on the American election.
"Democracy is also at stake, as we see more and more people tempted by authoritarianism," the French leader said. "Should the American people choose Trump, there will be consequences, because a U.S. election is a global election."
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get the red out
(13,466 posts)Completely understandable.
And the Trump supporters are very much being "tempted by authoritarianism", the French President has nailed it there. Many conservatives have been impressed by Putin in the past.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)Moi trois.
(I know idioms don't translate well, but I liked the "rhyminess" of this.)