France humiliated itself at the UN when it compared the US to North Korea . Its time Trump gives Turtle Bay the punishment it deserves

The folly of the United Nations was on full display this week.France committed a major faux pas: Its embassy posted on X that “the US used to be a beacon of human rights.

Not anymore.Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated.” The French went on to say “the world no longer listens” to the US.The American delegation walked out of a UN meeting in protest, and now the State Department is considering how to punish both Paris and Turtle Bay.

Washington is reportedly weighing a rejection of President Emmanuel Macron’s new pick to be his country’s ambassador in DC.The French are reportedly miffed about that — but why should they care about an ambassador to a country no one listens to?This diplomatic slap is a good step, but it does not impose real costs outside the imaginary world of diplomatic dignity.

Moreover, simply blocking the ambassador is not enough in light of Macron’s persistent attempts to undermine Trump’s foreign policy.Macron has consistently thrust himself into diplomatic issues where he has no business.He defied Trump by announcing he would recognize an imaginary “State of Palestine” in 2025 and organized a conference of other countries to do the same.

According to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, this blew up negotiations between Israel and Hamas, which rightly recognized France’s moves as a de facto reward for their Oct.7 invasion.

Macron delayed the ultimate cease-fire by months, causing additional deaths and suffering to the hostages.France’s role in Lebanon has been even more disastrous.France still fancies itself as having a special say in the fate of its former colony.

But Macron has done nothing to keep the country from being taken over by Hezbollah — which France does not even fully recognize as a terror group.Worse, Paris was the major supporter of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, a failed peacekeeping mission that ignored Hezbollah’s burgeoning missile arsenal.

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