Macron hits back at Trump over French territory

The American president depicted the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago off Canada as part of the United States French President Emmanuel Macron has hit out at Donald Trump after the US president posted a map depicting France’s archipelago of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon as US territory. Trump posted an AI-generated image on social media earlier this month showing the US flag covering Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Central America and the Caribbean, as well as Iceland. Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, a small French overseas territory off the Atlantic coast of Canada with a population of just over 5,500, was also depicted as part of the “United States of America.

” Speaking to reporters after arriving in Saint-Pierre on Saturday for a two-day visit and talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Macron said it was “obvious” that the archipelago remains French territory. “We’re not going to reiterate this every morning because some people have strange ideas or say strange things,” he added. A social media post by US President Donald Trump/ Macron’s remarks came a week after the French UN mission issued an apology for a social media post that “called into question the US commitment to human rights. ” In July, the mission had criticized Washington for voting against extending the mandate of UN human rights chief Volker Turk. “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it,” the mission wrote on X at the time. Trump announces Greenland deal Washington responded by delaying approval of Macron ally Aurelien Lechevallier as France’s new ambassador to the US. Since returning to office in early 2025, Trump…