The French president spoke more critically of his host’s foreign policy, trade and environmental decisions in a speech to Congress that amounted to an implicit rebuke of Mr. Trump’s “America First”
Claret Cup Cactus, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas (© Clint Farlinger/Alamy) © (Bing Canada) Wallpaper The French president spoke more critically of his host’s foreign policy, trade and environmental decisions in a speech to Congress that amounted to an implicit rebuke of Mr. Trump’s “America First” President Emmanuel Macron of France attacked nationalism and argued for preserving the Iran nuclear deal before a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday. Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times WASHINGTON — One day after President Emmanuel Macron of France and President Trump showered each other with praise , the French president spoke more critically of his host’s foreign policy, trade and environmental decisions in a speech to Congress that amounted to an implicit rebuke of Mr. Trump’s “America First” approach. Mr. Macron, who traveled to Washington this week hoping to persuade the American president not to walk away from the Iran nuclear deal, re