Top Trump aide Stephen Miller suggested no European country would be prepared to put up a fight to protect Greenland.
The folly of Macron’s Greenland visit
Macron said, ‘everybody thinks − in France, in the European Union − that Greenland is not to be sold, not to be taken.’
Everybody? In truth very few people in France are losing sleep over Greenland.
Emmanuel Macron spent his Sunday in Greenland on what can best be described as an anti-Trump visit. The French president dropped in on the Danish autonomous territory en route to this week’s G7 summit in Canada. Flanked by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Macron told reporters he was there in ‘solidarity’ with Greenland.
Le Pen Denies Wrongdoing as ‘Political Death Sentence’ Appeal Starts in Paris
Fighting for her political life, National Rally leader Marine Le Pen appeared before a Paris court this week as she appeals an embezzlement case, which has seen her barred from standing in any election for five years.
At the Court of Appeals on Tuesday, Madame Le Pen began her appeal against last year’s conviction, in which she and other members of the then-National Front party were convicted of allegedly using EU party funds to finance RN operations in France.
Not only was Le Pen convicted over the alleged “embezzlement”, but was also given a sentence of five years of political ineligibility, which came into effect immediately, even during the appeal process, despite defendants usually regaining the presumption of innocence in France during such challenges. Crucially, the five year ban would prohibit Le Pen from running in the presidential election to replace Emmanuel Macron and likely ending her chances at achieving her longtime goal of winning the Élysée Palace.
While the National Rally leader took a combatitive position during her initial trial last year, claiming that it was blatant lawfare tactics by the establishment to keep her from taking power, she stuck a more conciliatory tone this week in Paris.