Posted on 11/09/2018 8:35:36 PM PST by Olog-hai
Fewer French people have a negative image of American President Donald Trump, a new poll has revealed and there’s one main reason why. However the French are (far?) from desperate to have their own version of Trump in the Elysée Palace.
The poll that was carried out after the midterm elections this week revealed that 65 percent of French people have a negative opinion of Donald Trump.
While that means there’s still a clear majority who are not fans of the divisive US president, that figure is actually a drop of 16 percentage points in one year, suggesting that the French are less hostile towards POTUS.
“At this rate, the American president will no longer be unpopular among a majority of French people by the time he finishes his term in office,” said the poll, carried out by Odoxa and Dentsu consulting for Le Figaro Newspaper and France Info radio.
Is there any reason why Trump is less unpopular than a year ago? “It’s simply because the French might not like who he is, but they judge some of the things he does less negatively,” read the poll.
“Why has his image improved? Because his protectionist measures are seen as being positive for jobs in the United States by 57 percent of French people. However, most of those polled accepted those same measures were bad for Europe.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...
Glad you clarified that.
Who gives a rats ass what those useless mopes think?
Even if President Macron thinks the US will invade Europe?
WE have thousands of troops at rest in American cemeteries in France.
For the Frenchies to suggest they need protection from us is absurd and more than a bit insulting.
But if they had any sense, they wouldn't have gotten themselves in the mess they're in to begin with.
S'ils avaient un sens, ils seraient dans l'overdrive en essayant de le faire bouger et sauver la France,
Mais s’ils avaient un sens, ils ne se seraient pas mis dans le désordre dans lequel ils se trouvent maintenant.
That’s right.
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