French president: Donald Trump can 'make you want to retch'

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published 3 August 2016

If Donald Trump is elected, French President Francois Hollande believes there will be global consequences.

"An American election is a world election," he said Tuesday. "It could lead to a very strong turn to the right in the world." Hollande has not announced if he will run for reelection in 2017, but said the American campaign "shows issues that will be reflected in the French campaign."

Speaking of Trump, Hollande said his recent comments about the family of a fallen Muslim American soldier are out of line. "His excesses make you want to retch, even in the United States, especially when — as was Donald Trump's case — he speaks ill of a soldier, of the memory of a soldier," he said. Hollande has heard "hurtful, humiliating comments" during the race and said politicians "should be respected when they are respectable."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.