Donald Trump ridicules France's Macron over 'very low approval rating'

US President Donald Trump and French president Emmanuel Macron. Pic/AFP

US President Donald Trump mocked Emmanuel Macron Tuesday for his "very low" 26 percent approval rating, saying the French president only suggested creating a European army to "get onto another subject."

"The problem is that Emmanuel suffers from a very low Approval Rating in France," Trump tweeted after criticizing Macron for advocating a European army to protect the continent from Russia, China and the United States.

"By the way, there is no country more Nationalist than France, very proud people-and rightfully so!" the US leader tweeted.

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