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During a trip to France two years ago, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, is said to have described fallen American soldiers as “losers” and “idiots”; Now there are new revelations about the trip: Trump simply took artwork from the ambassador’s residence to the USA with.
Instead of visiting a US military cemetery, Trump stayed longer at the US ambassador’s residence in Paris during the visit in November 2018, the Bloomberg news agency reported. He admired various works of art at the Hôtel de Pontalba, then sent them to Air Force One and transported them to Washington.
Trump’s spokesman Judd Deere confirmed that the artwork was taken. Trump took them to Washington to display them in a “prominent” place in the White House, he told the AFP news agency.
Portrait and bust of American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin
However, according to the Bloomberg report, Trump’s spontaneous decision certainly attracted attention. Lawyers for the US State Department quickly checked whether he was allowed to take the artwork. However, they gave the green light because they are already owned by the United States government. According to Bloomberg, it was, among other things, a portrait and bust of America’s founding father, Benjamin Franklin.
The American magazine “The Atlantic” reported a few days ago that Trump had described the American soldiers who had fallen during World War I as “losers” and “idiots” during the trip to France. Therefore, the American president had rejected a planned visit to the Aisne-Marne American military cemetery near Paris with the words: “Why should I visit this cemetery? It is full of losers.”
Trump denied the allegations in a series of angry tweets. On Friday, the Republican, who wants to be reelected for a second term in November, said it was a “false story.” For him, fallen soldiers are “absolute heroes”. (afp / kle)
