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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com
Jul 10, 12:15 PM

'The flattery course hasn't achieved results.' Former French Ambassador to NATO Muriel Domenach tells #F24Debate #Rutte's accommodating Trump approach is counterproductive, arguing #NATO should focus on projecting credibility and decency while keeping the US engaged➡️https://go.france24.com/tUgK

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"he sees his job as having to hug Donald Trump clothes and flatter him so to keep him on board. It's not clear whether he's actually achieving results in doing so. He's being more and more criticized for lacking basic decency. And I guess, and this is a very European, and I would add French perspective, but if we are to raise our public opinions, awareness that we actually have to rearm while keeping the Americans on board so that they don't pull the plug, you know, brutally, then I think we have to project decency as a way to be respected by the American president and also to project credibility in terms of deterrence to our adversaries and attractivity to our partners. Okay, so we- So I wouldn't see, you know, the flattery chorus as achieving results- As a successful one. And I think it's counterproductive to our public opinion. So of course, people would argue that Marc Ruteux is speaking in his own name, but I think he would do a favor to all of us if he would show a little bit more decency."

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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · Jul 8, 08:14 PM

'The flattery course hasn't achieved results.' Former French Ambassador to NATO Muriel Domenach tells #F24Debate #Rutte's accommodating Trump approach is counterproductive, arguing #NATO should focus on projecting credibility and decency while keeping the US engaged➡️https://go.france24.com/tUgK