Posted on 04/22/2017 5:48:47 AM PDT by rktman
Donald Trump has said the Paris terrorist attack would boost Marine Le Pen's presidential chances after a last-minute poll gave her a modest increase in support.
The US president said the shooting would "probably help" Ms Le Pen in Sunday's election, because she is "strongest on borders, and she's the strongest on what's been going on in France."
"Whoever is the toughest on radical Islamic terrorism, and whoever is the toughest at the borders, will do well in the election," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Endorsements from foreign leaders almost always backfire.
None of this matters. Le Pen cannot be elected. It is nearly impossible given France’s corrupt two-step process.
Exactly. Like instead of calling cheese "cheese", they say "fromage". Instead of "hat" they say "chapeau". I mean come on, it's almost as if they have a different word for everything!
I know. It's like those fools who were thinking BREXIT had a chance, or Trump could ever be elected.
No. It's more like Trump, Hillary, Jeb Bush and Bernie all got between 15 and 40% of the vote, but Trump topped them all. Then Trump faced Hillary in the final, and the Jeb and Bernie voters combined to defeat him. That's France.
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