You Still Don't Understand Donald Trump, Says U.S. Guest to the Europeans on French TV, or Take Him Seriously

Saturday evening, ROF's Erik Svane was among the guests on BFMTV's Week-End Soir (59:38-1:23:25), where the No Pasarán blogger shared the screen with Olivier Malteste, Pierre Picquart, and Olivier Ravanello, talking about Donald Trump's tariff strategy and Beijing's muscular reaction. The ROF spokesperson was surprised by how much he was allowed to speak, with few if any interruptions, and Erik considers this one of his best appearances on French television of the past quarter century.

It seems to me that — for once — I was allowed to speak more than any of the other guests and, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that the presenter, Anne Seften, was not listening because she was in a strong whispering argument with the producers by earphone, which I took to mean they pushing for her to intervene and shut me up.

The segment, which focused on China, was followed by a segment on American-Iranian relations, but where no American or no outright pro-Trump guest (American or foreign) was present (1:23:25-1:38:56).

| Week-end soir

Émission du 12 avril 2025

Le vendredi, samedi et dimanche soir, Anne Seften est à la tête de Week-End Soir : un rendez-vous pour décrypter et débattre, au cœur de l’actualité.

1h39min|2025| 

Diffusée le 12 avril 2025 à 22h00 sur BFM TV