Trump suggests France would have been defeated without U.S.

The Columbian ^ | November 13, 2018 | Darlene Superville, The Associated Press

[2ndDivisionVet]

President Donald Trump escalated his verbal assaults against France on Tuesday, suggesting that America’s stalwart European ally would have been vanquished in both world wars if not for the military firepower provided by the United States.

Trump tweeted about a suggestion by French President Emmanuel Macron that Europe build up its militaries because the continent can no longer depend on the U.S. for defense. Macron had also said Europe needs to protect itself against cyberthreats from China, Russia and the U.S.

Macron’s comments were inaccurately reported and Trump continues to misrepresent them, seemingly for political hay. The French leader’s office said Trump had lumped together Macron’s remarks on protecting against cyber-threats and “interference in our democracies” from “China, Russia and even the United States” with Macron’s later statement on military defense....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Our troops shouted “Lafayette, we are here!” when they came ashore in World War I.

[Irish Eyes]

Nice!

[Mastador1]

The Nazis may very well have been extracted from France, but it would have been the Soviets that did it.

And if that were the case, who would have been able to tell the difference between them and the Nazis?

My parents were in Hungary when the Russians came in and they were worse than the Nazis, taking all the food they could find and anything left of value they could find and sending it to Russia.

[Kickass Conservative]

Obviously Photoshopped. cough-cough-cough

[joma89]

Um...France was defeated in WW II and was occupied for 4 year or so by their Germany vanquishers.

Operation Overlord in 1944 started the liberation process which took over a year to accomplish.

JoMa

[SaveFerris]

lol

[SaveFerris]

That pic is nearly as iconic as the foolish Neville Chamberlain.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The Germans DID defeat the French. And without the US Marines heroic stand Belleau Wood, they would have taken Paris and probably defeated the French in WWI as well.

[SoFloFreeper]

France WAS defeated. We rescued them.

[morphing libertarian]

suggests?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Correct. Stalin ordered whole factories disassembled and moved east away from the front.

[SaveFerris]

[“I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me.” —General George S. Patton

“Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.” —Norman Schwartzkopf]

lol

[JME_FAN]

I rather we put a boot up surrender monkey’s cheese squirting ass.

[DouglasKC]

“Suggested”?? They had already lost for crying out loud.

[wastedyears]

They were already defeated twice, weren’t they?

[JME_FAN]

A platoon of old ladies in wheelchairs could defeat the French military.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

They’re not called, ‘Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys’ for no reason!

[C210N]

While Poland is like a rock, which may for a spell be submerged by a tidal wave, but which remains a rock... France, not so much.

[FreedomPoster]

While France wasn’t crushed by the Germans in WWI like they were in WWII, major parts of the country were under German control. In 1917 the Russian Revolution and their peace agreement with Germany meant the Germans got massive reinforcements for the Western Front. It is certainly arguable that the French would have collapsed without the stiffening of the lines the American forces allowed.

[Gay State Conservative]

That's 1000% true,accurate and undeniable.And that's the case in two different wars.For proof they can survey the thousands and thousands of white crosses and Stars of David found in France and elsewhere in Europe.