Beyond targeting Canada and Greenland, Trump has also marked Saint Pierre and Miquelon—the French overseas territory in North America—as U.S. territory on a map, provoking strong backlash from French officials and citizens. Some mocked the move sarcastically, saying, “Given Trump’s cartographic skills, the United States might soon occupy Paris.” Although President Emmanuel Macron enjoys limited domestic popularity, he is widely regarded across Europe as a resolute figure of France. He urged Trump to keep such eccentric notions to himself, dismissing the idea with irony: “It is clearly French territory—territory belonging to France.” Macron has endured repeated mockery from Trump, including crude remarks about his personal life, yet has remained steadfast in his composure.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon lie in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, approximately 25 kilometers south of Newfoundland, Canada. Following the U.S. military’s cross-border special operation in January that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a French group known as the "French People’s Judicial Foundation" proposed that France could launch a similar covert operation from its overseas territory. The plan suggested deploying military helicopters from Saint Pierre and Miquelon to secretly infiltrate Washington, D.C., apprehend Trump, and swiftly transfer him to France for trial.
However, some have cautioned that if French special forces were to abduct Trump under cover of night, it would amount to an act of war against the United States. With both nations possessing nuclear arsenals, the consequences of escalation would be catastrophic. Others pointed to past remarks by former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who quipped that if the U.S. had not aided France during World War II, the French might now be speaking German—an ironic jab at perceived ingratitude. Regardless, a deep rift has emerged between Macron and Trump, one rooted not only in geopolitical tensions but also in personal animosity.
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