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French woman trolls Trump over terror and goes viral in America

The response by a French women to Donald Trump’s tweet about last week’s machete attack at the Louvre has gone viral, not least for the choice word she used to describe the US president’s behaviour.

French woman trolls Trump over terror and goes viral in America
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The response by a French women to Donald Trump’s tweet about last week’s machete attack at the Louvre has gone viral, not least for the word she used to describe the US president’s behaviour.

Shortly after an Egyptian man attacked soldiers at a shopping centre next to the Louvre museum Donald Trump did what he does and took to Twitter.

“A new radical Islamist has just attacked in Louvre museum Paris. Tourists were locked down. France on edge again. GET SMART US,” tweet the US president.

He fired off the tweet just as his controversial travel ban on citizens from several Muslim countries, which he says is necessary to protect America from terrorists, has been scuppered for now by the courts.

Trump’s tweet, as they all tend to know, caused a fair amount of uproar in France as he was accused of trying to capitalize on the attack.

It seems the response by Frenchwoman Engie Wild (a pseudonym) has proved the most popular.

Since she published her response on Facebook, it has received over 300,000 reactions, and has been shared over 250,000 times.

The full post is below in English, but Engie appears to have won fans not just for correcting Trump’s alternative facts, and setting the record straight about how the French aren't actually “on edge”, but also by her choice of word to describe Trump’s actions: “Arseholery”.

“I just love the fact a French lady used the word arseholery,” wrote one impressed reader.

“Brilliant, love the word arseholery,” wrote another.

Wild told Buzzfeed news she wrote the post for the benefit of her American friends who are anti-Trump, but was shocked to see it go viral.

Let’s just say she might have struck a chord with a few people around the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK

Deutsche Bank set ‘to cut ties with Trump’

Deutsche Bank will cease its longstanding relationship with outgoing US president Donald Trump, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Deutsche Bank set 'to cut ties with Trump'
Deutsche Bank's headquarters in Frankfurt. Photo: DPA

Deutsche Bank was Trump's primary lender for two decades, and he owes the institution more than $300 million, according to the newspaper, which cited an unnamed source as saying the German lender “has decided not to do business with Mr. Trump or his company in the future.”

Deutsche Bank declined to comment to AFP.

The move comes on the heels of last week's violent attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters at the president's incitement, and follows steps taken by other companies to cut ties with Trump and his businesses.

READ ALSO: Trump under investigation for Deutsche Bank ties

Christiana Riley, head of Deutsche Bank's US division, called the violent
siege on the Capital “a dark day for America and our democracy” in a post on LinkedIn last week.

“We are proud of our Constitution and stand by those who seek to uphold it to ensure that the will of the people is upheld and a peaceful transition of power takes place,” Riley said.

“It is my hope that these shocking events will result in a reinvigoration
of the principles our nation was built upon.”

Trump's relationship with Deutsche Bank has sparked numerous probes in the United States, including in New York, where the Manhattan District Attorney is investigating whether Trump committed financial crimes as he sought loans.

READ ALSO: 'Worlds between us': What Trump's German family's town thinks of him today

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