Rising role of French president

Occupy Democrats  -  French President Emmanuel Macron steps into the boots that Donald Trump abandoned as leader of the free world and vows to defeat Russian aggression that “knows no bounds.” The world desperately needs leadership like this right now…

“I want to believe the US will stay by our side. But we have to be ready if that isn’t the case,” Macron said in a televised address.

“I’m speaking to you tonight because of the international situation and its consequences for Europe,” Macron said to the French people. “I know you are legitimately worried faced with the historic events that are shaking the world order.”

“The war in Ukraine, which has left almost one million dead and injured, continues with the same intensity,” he continued. “The US, our ally, has changed its position on this war, supporting Ukraine less and allowing doubt to linger on what will come next.”

Macron said that the world is becoming more “brutal” and has entered a “new era,” adding that “it would be madness to stay a spectator in this world of danger.”

He stated that France and all of Europe must stand together and help Ukraine “to resist until Ukraine can negotiate a peace with Russia that is solid for themselves and for all of us.”...

“Peace cannot be concluded at any price,” he said, taking an oblique jab at Trump’s rhetoric. “Who can believe today that Russia would stop at Ukraine?”]