Tag: Trump

Marine Le Pen causes a stir on Marr 

It’s Remembrance Sunday and Marine Le Pen has just appeared on the Andrew Marr show to hail a new world order.

The timing of the interview has opened the BBC to some criticism, with the National Front leader attacking NATO, discussing her father’s Holocaust comments, and waxing lyrical about Putin on a day the nation remember those who sacrificed themselves to secure our freedom.

In the interview, Le Pen said that Donald Trump’s win ought to be seen as ‘an additional stone in the building of a new world destined to replace the old one’ …

Read the Full Story: Marine Le Pen causes a stir on Marr | Coffee House

“Europe can no longer rely on the U.S. for its security”

The Belgian PM Charles Michel advocates a stronger European Union in the area of defence.

 

“It is no longer possible to rely just on the United States for our own security”, he told the VRT’s Sunday morning news show ‘De Zevende Dag’. Michel also called Donald Trump a “strange candidate”.

The upcoming American defence policies are triggering concerns among other NATO members. Will they have to contribute more? Trump repeatedly said that other members should do more than they are doing now. Michel understands the criticism. “In Europe, we haven’t seen enough investements in defence over the past decades. And it’s not just Belgium, in this respect. But the will is there to do more.”

 

Source: “Europe can no longer rely on the U.S. for its security” | News | Expatica Belgium

French papers react to Trump win: ‘American Psycho’ 

It’s all about Donald Trump’s election win in the French papers this Thursday. Left-wing daily Libération makes its stance clear by headlining with “American Psycho” and a sinister photo of the US president-elect. Many papers are also wondering what implications Trump’s shock victory could have on the far-right ahead of 2017 presidential elections here in France.

 

Source: French papers react to Trump win: ‘American Psycho’ – France 24

McCain hangs on as Clinton aims at winning Arizona – The Washington Post

“They can’t believe John McCain didn’t stand up for himself when Trump insulted him, and they really believe if he can’t stand up for himself, he’s not going to stand up for voters in Arizona,” Kirkpatrick said after an event with several dozen retired federal workers in Tempe.

Source: McCain hangs on as Clinton aims at winning Arizona – The Washington Post

Yvonne Abraham: The misogynist in full – The Boston Globe

But even if he does go down in flames, we’ll still be left with the people who flocked to him, the ones who laughed along, who embraced or overlooked what Trump represents — the ones all too willing to say to America, “How about a little hug for the Donald?”

Source: Yvonne Abraham: The misogynist in full – The Boston Globe