Former U.S. President Donald Trump accused French President Emmanuel Macron of trying to win favor with China, who recently returned from a state visit to China where he was warmly welcomed.
On the 12th (local time), US political media Politico reported former President Trump in an interview with Fox News about President Macron’s visit to China on the 5th to 7th and said, “My friend Macron kissed Xi Jinping’s butt (visit to China schedule). B) finished,” he reported.
Contrary to the expectations of Western countries that President Macron would initially keep China in check, he showed a pro-China attitude by advocating so-called ‘strategic autonomy’.
“Europe is not interested in escalating the crisis surrounding Taiwan and should pursue a strategy independent of both the US and China,” Macron said in a press interview during his visit to China.
In an in-flight interview on the way home from a visit to China, he expressed his opinion, saying, “If tensions between superpowers (such as the US and China) become overheated, we will not have the time or resources to secure our strategic autonomy, and we will eventually become vassals.” Emphasized.
Angered by President Macron’s outspoken remarks, security allies such as the United States and Europe poured out criticism.
Former President Trump, who took the lead in containment by engaging in a trade war with China during his tenure, is inevitably uncomfortable with President Macron’s visit to China.
Former President Trump continued to criticize the foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration, saying, “The world is going crazy, but the United States can’t say anything.”
Meanwhile, the media reported that former President Trump, who often showed off his friendship with President Xi Jinping during his tenure despite criticism of Macron, also praised President Xi Jinping in an interview that day.
Former President Trump said, “President Xi is a great person.” (President Xi) praised him as “the smartest person ever.”
Source: Donga
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