French President Francois Hollande ripped President Trump for his comments criticizing the city of Paris in a speech on Friday, saying Trump should support France instead of slamming its dealings with terrorism.
Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, that "Paris is no longer Paris" and that he has a friend who used to love Paris but doesn't go there any more because it isn't the same anymore.
Hollande said Trump's comments were a breach of etiquette and he shouldn't be insulting the French capital.
"There is terrorism and we must fight it together. I think that it is never good to show the smallest defiance toward an allied country. I wouldn't do it with the United States and I'm urging the U.S. president not to do it with France," Hollande said, according to Reuters.
According to the report, more than 230 people have died in France during the last two years in terrorist attacks and the country has been in a state of emergency since the November 2015 bombings and shootings in Paris.
Trump has repeatedly criticized the state of affairs in Paris and the rest of France during his presidential campaign and since he took office. He uses the country as an example of what he doesn't want the United States to be when it comes to allowing in immigrants and refugees from the Middle East.
Hollande said there are parts of the U.S. that France does not want to emulate as well.
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