At the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP Europe), U.S. Citizens in Paris Debate the Issues of the 2016 Elections

To no one's surprise, a Le Monde report by Anna Karolina Stock linked by Yahoo (merci à Anntoinette who took the seven photos below and who points out that one "inaccuracy in the article … is that [Republicans Overseas is] not an official branch of rnc") comes out heavy for the Democratic candidate and for her leftist talking points, leaving completely out one of the Republican speakers in the process (although he is featured prominently in the article's only photo — yep, you're right: t'is none other than No Pasarán's very own webmaster). There were two separate debates, FYI, a first one between Jonathon Holler and Erik Svane, and a second one between Salli Swartz and Paul Reen.

« Le réchauffement climatique est-il un grand canular ? » C’était bien l’idée que Donald Trump, le candidat républicain à la présidentielle américaine du 8 novembre, avait émise sur Twitter en novembre 2012, même s’il l’a nié lors du premier débat qui l’a opposé à sa rivale démocrate, Hillary Clinton, le 26 septembre.

Le sujet a également été abordé lors d’un débat, mercredi 26 octobre, à l’Ecole supérieure de commerce de Paris (ESCP Europe) entre des représentants en France des deux partis américains. Aux Etats-Unis, le changement climatique n’est pas le souci « number one » de certains Américains, a ainsi répondu Paul Reen, vice-président de Republicans Overseas France, représentation officielle du Comité national républicain en France [une erreur du quotidien Le Monde].

M. Reen a critiqué la volonté de l’actuel président américain, Barack Obama, de faire baisser la part du charbon dans la production énergétique. Selon lui, « l’extraction de gaz naturel par fracturation hydraulique pourrait être la solution », ignorant les dangers potentiels de cette technique, comme les tremblements de terre ou la pollution de l’eau souterraine.

« Hillary Clinton, au moins, est humaine »

La minimisation du réchauffement climatique par M. Reen n’a pas été la seule raison des hochements de tête de Salli Swartz, conseillère juridique de l’association Democrats Abroad en France et représentante du Parti démocrate lors du débat.

« Hillary Clinton, au moins, est humaine, elle avoue ses faiblesses, prend la méfiance des citoyens américains au sérieux et essaie de renforcer sa crédibilité », souligne M^me Swartz, tandis que Donald Trump est un homme qui, selon elle, « vit dans un univers parallèle et ne se rend pas compte des stupidités sortant de sa bouche ».

Tout comme Hillary Clinton et Donald Trump lors de leurs confrontations, Salli Swartz et Paul Reen ne se sont rien épargné. Ils ont surtout insisté sur les points faibles des candidats :

De son côté, Paul Reen a traité M^me Clinton de menteuse, qui ne peut pas être considérée comme une candidate sérieuse à cause des conflits d’intérêts surgissant de sa position d’ancienne secrétaire d’Etat et de membre de la Fondation Clinton, favorisant les soupçons de corruption contre la démocrate : « La Fondation Clinton est une association très louche, dit Paul Reen, et une personne empêtrée dans des affaires douteuses ne devrait pas être la prochaine présidente des Etats-Unis. »

Outre le réchauffement climatique et les faiblesses des deux candidats à la présidentielle, les autres thèmes abordés lors du débat à Paris ont été la réduction de la dette américaine, les impôts, les frais d’université et le problème des armes à feu.

Les participants au débat, tout comme leurs candidats respectifs, ont montré des angles d’approche très différents dans la lutte pour réduire la dette publique. Alors que M. Trump annonce « la plus grande révolution fiscale » depuis la présidence de Ronald Reagan, dans les années 1980, et promet une réduction du taux d’impôt sur les sociétés de 35 % à 15 % et des taux d’impôt sur les revenus à 12 %, 25 % et 33 % selon les tranches, Hillary Clinton veut faire payer davantage les grandes entreprises et les très riches, afin de soulager la classe moyenne. Ceux qui gagnent plus de 5 millions de dollars (4,45 millions d’euros) par an seraient imposés à hauteur de 44 %, tandis que les républicains veulent abaisser le taux maximal actuel de 39,6 % à 33 %.

« Avec son plan fiscal, Donald Trump ferait doubler la dette en dix ans, pointe M^me Swartz. Même s’il promet qu’une baisse d’impôt générale et des allégements fiscaux redresseront l’économie, il n’y arrivera jamais,

car il n’aura que quatre ans pour le faire, et une réélection à la fin de son mandat ne me semble pas très réaliste. »

« Donald Trump dit ce qu’il pense »

Paul Reen n’a pas su répondre à la question de savoir si le candidat républicain compte réformer l’enseignement ou mettre en place des aides financières pour réduire l’endettement des jeunes Américains.« Le fait que les frais d’université aient augmenté de 150 % depuis 2000 et qu’une grande partie des familles américaines s’endette pour que leurs enfants puissent accéder à l’enseignement supérieur n’intéresse même pas Donald Trump », l’a fustigé Salli Swartz.

Lire aussi :   L’inquiétant surendettement des étudiants américains

 Sur les armes à feu, Jonathon Holler, coprésident du Youth Caucus des Democrats Abroad en France, un autre participant au débat, a critiqué le fait que, « même si les Etats-Unis sont le pays avec le taux d’homicides par armes à feu le plus élevé au monde, les républicains refusent de réformer la loi pour limiter le port d’arme et se réfèrent toujours au deuxième amendement », qui garantit ce droit aux Américains.

Donald Trump songe même à l’étendre en créant un permis de port d’arme valable dans tous les Etats.« Hillary Clinton, elle, veut établir des restrictions raisonnables et des ventes bien contrôlées », souligne l’avocate démocrate Salli Swartz.

Finalement, l’unique point commun entre Salli Swartz et Paul Reen a porté sur le fait que seul un comportement transparent permettra aux candidats à la présidence de récupérer un peu de crédibilité. « Peu importe qu’il s’agisse de la déclaration de revenus, des transactions financières, des e-mails confidentiels… la chose primordiale est la transparence, soutient Paul Reen. Ici, Donald Trump prend de l’avance sur son opposante : au moins, il dit ce qu’il pense, même si c’est vulgaire, mal placé et grossier. »

BFMTV Features Paul Reen and Other Guests Discussing Kamala Harris's Tim Walz Pick

The Republicans in France group's Paul Reen appears on the BFMTV channel with a number of other guests to discuss Kamala Harris's choice of Tim Walz for the vice-presidency.

Harris/Walz : le choix de la complémentarité ? - 06/08

La course pour la présidentielle se précise aux États-Unis avec le choix par Kamala Harris de son colistier. Il s'appelle Tim Walz. Le gouverneur du Minnesota s'en est dit honoré. Même Joe Biden a salué sa désignation. On y revient avec : Sonia Dridi, correspondante BFMTV à Washington D.C. (États-Unis). Fred Hoffman, porte-parole des "Democrats abroad France". Paul Reen, président de "Republicans in France". Malcolm Biiga, consultant et chroniqueur politique Le Nouvel Economiste. Et Ulysse Gosset, éditorialiste politique internationale BFMTV.

K. Harris "fière" de son choix de colistier - 06/08

Tim Walz, gouverneur du Minessota, est desormais le colistier qui a été choisi par Kamala Harris pour la campagne de l'éléction présidentielle américaine. Comment expliquer ce choix ? On y revient avec : Florian Poras, journaliste BFMTV. Sonia Dridi, correspondante BFMTV à Washington D.C. (États-Unis). Fred Hoffman, porte-parole des "Democrats abroad France". Paul Reen, président de "Republicans in France". Et Malcolm Biiga, consultant et chroniqueur politique Le Nouvel Economiste.

RIF's Paul Reen Crosses Swords on France 24's Debate Show

One day before America's 2024 election, RIF's Paul Reen was invited to participate on France24's The Debate:

On Election Day eve, “The Debate” focuses in on the presidential candidates’ final messages and the state of the vote. Charli James is joined in studio by Paul Reen, President of "Republicans in France," Donna Ghosh, delegate for Democrats Abroad, and US Historian Olivier Burtin, to break down the biggest issues on the minds of voters and when American may know the results.

Our guests

• Paul REEN President, Republicans in France
• Olivier BURTIN Associate Professor in US History and Civilization, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens
• François PICARD Presenter
• Donna Sen Ghosh Delegate, Democrats Abroad

By:

Charli James

Alessandro XENOS

Elena COLONNA

French TV: "We Are Angry" About the Murder Attempt on Trump, But "We Aren't Surprised"

"On est en colère [...] maintenant, on n'est pas surpris": Paul Reen, président de "Republicans in France" réagit à l'attaque contre Donald Trump

L'ex-président Donald Trump, candidat républicain à l'élection présidentielle, a été évacué après avoir été visé par des tirs lors d'un meeting de campagne en Pennsylvanie ce samedi 13 juillet.

Paul Reen on the BFMTV channel (or on DailyMotion, merci à Anntoinette pour les photos) about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Here is the full video (Paul at 5:25/5:55, Nicolas Conquer at 2:00:44)… I have been looking for my own appearances on CNews and BFMTV (July 15 at 9:30 and 10:30, respectively), as well as for other TV appearances of members of Republicans in France (RIF), but without luck…

« Visé par des tirs, Trump blessé à l’oreille », revoir notre soirée spéciale - 14/07

C’est une image qui fera date dans l’histoire américaine. Donald Trump, est sorti blessé, mais sorti miraculeusement vivant, samedi soir lors d’une tentative d’assassinat à Butler, en Pennsylvanie. Le tireur présumé, âgé de 20 ans, a été abattu. La dernière information, selon la presse américaine, des explosifs auraient été retrouvés dans sa voiture. Un spectateur a également été tué, deux grièvement blessés. Comment cette attaque a-t-elle pu se produire ? Quelle motivation pour son auteur ? Quelles conséquences politiques, alors que nous sommes en période de campagne présidentielle américaine ?

On en parle avec : Benoît Ballet, envoyé spécial de BFMTV à Milwaukee, Wisconsin (États-Unis). Paul Reen, président de “Republicans in France”. Ulysse Gosset, éditorialiste international à BFMTV. Marjorie Paillon, journaliste spécialiste de la vie politique américaine. Christopher Mesnooh, avocat au barreau de New York, Washington et Paris. Guillaume Farde, consultant police-justice pour BFMTV. Jérôme Poirot, consultant BFMTV, ancien adjoint à la coordination nationale du renseignement. Chloé Giraud, journaliste à BFMTV. Le général Jérôme Pellistrandi, consultant défense pour BFMTV. André Kaspi, historien, spécialiste des États-Unis. Stéphane Bureau, consultant États-Unis pour BFMTV. Anne-Laure Banse, journaliste à BFMTV. Alain Bauer, professeur de criminologie au conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. Nicolas Conquer, porte-parole des Republican Overseas France. Olivier Piton, avocat français installé aux États-Unis et auteur. Patricia Allemoniere, grand reporter spécialiste des questions internationales. Et Patrick Saint-Paul, rédacteur en chef du service International Le Figaro.

BFMTV Debates: Republicans in France Discuss the Supreme Court's Decision on Roe Vs Wade (Videos)

In the wake of, and following the hysteria regarding, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe Vs. Wade, Paul Reen and Philippe Karsenty — both conservatives heavily outgunned, as usual — appeared on two BFMTV debates.

The head of Republicans in France appeared on the debate entitled IVG/USA : La grande régression ? (video) which led to Pauline Boutin penning an article about the point of view of Paul Reen, who in turn reacted by quipping that

The title is a bit misleading as I eventually said that it is possible that SCOTUS could use the same logic and send other decisions back to the states, like gay marriage, for the people to decide, they did get it correct in the article though. 

As for Philippe Karsenty, he appeared on BFMTV's Ce que risquent désormais les femmes qui avortent dans certains Etats américains (video) where Paul noted that, besides "the biased moderator interrupting him every 5 seconds,"

I am shocked that BFM is spreading the lie that women in LA risk 10 years of prison time if they now have an abortion. This only applies to the physicians not the women.

Philippe Karsenty listens to François Durpaire

Before heading for the BFMTV studios, Paul Reen summarized the following talking points:

1. SCOTUS decision is merely a legal decision , not political and not moral. They are not criminalizing abortion like Biden said in his speech. They are simply returning the decision to each state to decide as it should have been done in 1973 since abortion is not included in the US Constitution. This is important to state since most French and Europeans do not understand how the 3 branches of govt work in the US. They think SCOTUS creates laws, idiot Democrats think the same thing since liberal left wing judges constantly « legislate from the bench ». But only the Federal législature (Congress) and State legislatures are supposed to create laws. 

2. Now each state must decide, they will vote codify laws for abortion. They will start to do this immediately, probably in parallel with Congress but the states will act quicker and Congress is so polarized they probably won’t get anything agreed to. Again, unlike the hysteria just incited by Biden, IMO the majority of states will vote in favor of abortion. Blue states will continue with no restrictions, most red states will allow abortion with restrictions and a small minority will ban them completely. The open question is still whether those states will allow abortion in the rare cases of rape and incest. Bottom line for me is that any increase in restrictions is a good thing!

3.Biden has completely politicized this of course and added to the outrage and hysteria for political purposes. He blames it all on Trump and said the Nov election is all about abortion rights. He is so desperate because his presidency is a complete and utter failure.

4. Now the US has to prepare for more Left wing , unhinged violence. Since the leak of this decision, Biden had many chances to tell people to stop harassing SCOTUS justices at their homes but never said a thing. Kavanugh and his family’s life was even in danger by a crazy leftist , luckily prevented by police. It is actually against federal law to protest at the homes of justices. Good that Biden said something in his speech to protest peacefully but it’s too little too late, the left is in rage and will attack pro-life associations, private people , churches , whatever.

5. Obviously this will galvanize Democrats to get to the polls in Nov but between no and Nov, we’ll see many states agreeing to keep it legal so I still believe that Republicans will win big.

6. Nancy Pelosi has said that SCOTUS is completely hypocritical as they just ruled that it is not constitutional that New York State impose  severe restrictions on concealed carry gun laws, but states CAN restrict abortion rights.  The big difference is that the right to bear arms is IN THE CONSTITUTION !

It should be emphasized that by returning the decisions to the states , it’s returning the decision back to THE PEOPLE. States are very different in the US and the people vote per state. This is a completely foreign concept for the rest of the world.

To this I added more things to ponder:

Les Français et les européens présentent souvent les décisions de la cour suprême américaine comme étant équivalentes À une décision similaire sur l’avortement en France

C’est oublier que les États-Unis ne sont pas un pays similaire à la France ou au Danemark. Les États-Unis sont plus une fédération comme l’Union européenne (en fait, un peu entre les deux, entre un pays et une union).

C’est ici qu’on voit l’hystérie de la gauche, tant aux États-Unis qu’en Europe

1) il est habituel de présenter les Américains comme des Néandertaliens qui sont beaucoup plus régressifs que les Européens.

Or, en ce qui concerne l’avortement — en admettant que l’on présente la procédure comme une chose positive — les Yankees ont été beaucoup plus « en avance » que les Européens

Les États-Unis ont souvent autorisé l’avortement jusqu’à 24 semaines, alors que les Européens autorisent l’avortement « seulement » jusqu’à 13-14 semaines.

En outre, on voit the partisanship de la gauche américaine quand on sait à quel point ils ont insisté pour autoriser l’avortement « sur demande » et même parfois, après la naissance (!).

2) dans cette perspective, on voit À quel point la décision de la cour suprême est, somme toute, banale. 

Ce que les juges ont fait, c’est de remettre l’union américaine … à égalité avec… l’Union européenne (!)

En effet, les 50 états des USA sont  désormais exactement au même niveau que les 27 membres de l'UE.

Il n’y a pas de Décision européenne pour toute l’Europe, tout se fait au niveau des états membres. Des pays comme l’Irlande, le Portugal, et la Pologne ont tous interdit l’avortement (sont-ils toujours interdits ? Je ne le sais…) ainsi que d’autres « droits » comme le divorce…

To this Paul replied that

I also wanted to than Erik for his comments which were perfect. We never have the time to say everything we want and I wanted to speak on Dobbs. 

 

Related to the points that Erik wrote, keep in mind how the case made its way to SCOTUS which gave them the opportunity to rule on Roe. It was the case In Mississippi, « Dobbs vs Jackson Womens Health Organization ». You should all get familiar with it plus Alito’s response. 

 

Dobbs actually started  back in 2018 where the Republican State Legislature actually VOTED to restrict abortions in their state to 15 weeks (I think from 24-26 weeks). ONE week more than France and THREE weeks more than the 12 week limit in France in effect until this year. 

 

The Democrats immediately filed lawsuit screaming that this was unjust to women and a violation of Roe v Wade (actually Casey which addressed « undue » state limitations but didn’t specify number of weeks). THE Mississippi Republicans didn’t give up and kept appealing the decision even though every local and circuit liberal judge sided with the crazy democrats. Until it reached SCOTUS. They decided to take it and voila. 

 

So I think that much of the blame can be put on the Democrats themselves for their arrogance and inability to compromise and extreme movement to the left by pushing abortion rights up until 9 months (7 state before the Roe reversal and probably many more to come). Not to confuse the fact that the SCOTUS decision was NOT political, strictly legal, but that the sentiments in the US society today among red states and pro-lifers is that they are completely fed up with extreme pro choicers and have hardened their responses as a result.

Let's end this post with a hat tip to Tucker Carlson, who points out the double standards of the left, i.e., that "insurrection" is actually fine when practiced by Democrats, leftists, and like-minded drama queens…

IVG/USA : La grande régression ? - 25/6

Dans le siège de la décision de la cour suprême américaine, qui a révoqué le droit fédéral à l’avortement, faut-il s’inquiéter pour d’autres droits aux États-Unis ? Est-ce la grande régression ? On en parle avec : Antoine Heulard, correspondant BFMTV Washington. Gérard Araud, ancien ambassadeur de France aux Etats-Unis. Paul Reen, président de “Republicans in France”. Le maître Julia Grégoire, conseillère juridique, porte parole Democrats abroad France. Et François Durpair [sic], consultant Etats-Unis pour BFMTV.

French Radio Listeners Curious About Conservative and Republican Viewpoints Are Advised to Tune In to Instapundit and No Pasarán

In response to queries from French radio listeners about which blogs to read to get a conservative viewpoint, No Pasarán was mentioned, as was Le Monde Watch, and of course Instapundit, which was called incontournable, and the best of all.

Specifically, what the listeners skeptical of France's MSM and state media were told — during Évelyne Joslain's Libre Journal du nouveau monde chat (1h28m35) on Radio Courtoisie with Republicans Overseas member Paul Reen, Comité Trump France leader Georges Clément, and blogger/journalist/author Erik Svane (41:27) —was that (42:37)

il y a un site web qui s'appelle Instapundit que tout le monde devrait lire — qui montre ce que disent [et pensent] les conservateurs américains — qui dit "This will bring more Trump" [Ceci va amener plus de Trump] et il dit "Do you want more Trump?" (Est-ce que vous voulez plus de Trump?). Eh bien, ce que vous faites [avec toutes ces marches et toutes ces protestations et toute l'hystérie], ça va donner plus de Trump. Donc, Trump en profite.

Translation: there is a website named Instapundit that everybody should read, which shows what conservative Americans say and think — which has been observing, This will bring more Trump. And it asks leftists, Do you want more Trump? Because, all that you are doing [with all your demented demonstrations and protests], is bring more sympathy for the man you oppose. So, what you are actually doing is work for Trump's benefit.

Towards the end of the show, as the readers' questions were read aloud (1:01:11), one question puzzling Frenchmen that came up concerns which conservative blogs besides (Infowars and ZeroHedge — in one reader's opinion) are the best to consult on American affairs?

Here is Erik Svane's (translated) response, after mentioning his own blogs, No Pasarán and Le Monde Watch — both of which celebrated their 13th anniversaries recently (1:01:55):

But the best one of all — I am not associated with it, unfortunately — if you want non-caricatural views on conservatives or on Republicans, you should read PJ Media's Instapundit — Instapundit is spelled I, N, S, T, A, P, U, N, D, I, T — their bloggers are the best, they broach all kind of subjects, they often display humor, and — again — this is where we get the aforementioned sentence addressed to leftists, If you want more Trump, you'll have more Trump, with all your displays of demented hysteria, with the latest hysterical bout concerning the latest decision from The Donald's White House.

This comes after Instapundit was mentioned on French TV a number of times, between 2004 and today.

PS: Click at 17:28 to hear Lee Greenwood sing God Bless the U.S.A. (I'm Proud to Be an American).

Libre Journal du nouveau monde du 15 février 2017 : “Les festivités de la cérémonie d'investiture de Donald Trump ; Les débuts de la nouvelle administration américaine”

Par Évelyne Joslain | 15 février 2017 | Libre Journal du nouveau monde | Mots clés : Donald Trump . Erik Svane . États-Unis . Georges Clément . Paul Reen

Évelyne Joslain, assistée de Stanislas, recevait Georges Clément, président du Comité Trump France ; Erik Svane et Paul Reen, républicains de base. Thèmes : “Les festivités de la cérémonie d'investiture de Donald Trump ; Les débuts de la nouvelle administration américaine”.

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Emmanuel Macron Is the Subject of Rachel Marsden's Radio Show with Karim Ouchikh and Paul Reen

Chez Sputnik News, Rachel Marsden analyse les premiers pas du nouveau Président de la République française avec Karim Ouchikh, président du SIEL et Paul Reen, vice-président des Républicains (USA) en France.

Pour le représentant des Républicains en France, Paul Reen, Emmanuel Macron suscite un espoir et les réformes qu'il a pu entreprendre vont dans le bon sens:

« La réforme sur le droit du travail, avec de la dérégulation, avec des politiques plus favorables aux entreprises pour rendre plus facile l'embauche, surtout les jeunes, la réduction des impôts. »

Following Trump's Super Tuesday's Wins, Republicans in France Are Invited on French TV and Radio

Super Tuesday: "Joe Biden est sénile et faible", affirme Paul Reen (président des "Republicans in France") pic.twitter.com/LKch4fCtUZ

— BFMTV (@BFMTV) March 5, 2024

Following Trump's Super Tuesday bonanza, a number of Republicans in France (RIF) members were invited to join French TV and radio stations…

It started on Super Tuesday itself, and while the world waited for the results that evening, Paul Reen faced a handful of leftists on BFMTV as he announced on its talk show that "Joe Biden is senile and weak".

Philippe Karsenty was interviewed the next day by Émilie Tran Nguyen on France Info TV and faced three pro-Democrat leftists, one American and two French. The website's shorter version cut off the final minutes of the talk show segment. Check out the longer version instead — 15:44/16:04-34:34 — to see the whole thing, not least Philippe's final acerbic remark.

Over at Le Figaro TV, Paul Reen, président des «Republicans in France», était l’invité d’Anne-Emmanuelle Isaac dans «Points de Vue». Here he was allowed to speak much more freely, and without interruption, than in usual MSM shows. Long version: 0:00-22:30. 

Meanwhile, Anntoinette Danskin-Lorrain responded to Nelly Daynac at CNews, appearing at the 1:55:10 minute mark of the final (and most important) issue of the day (1:49:45-2:03:15).

The following morning, Philippe Karsenty found a friendlier audience at La Ligne Droite de Radio Courtoisie présentée par Maud Koffler avec Didier Maïsto, journaliste indépendant. Check out nearly 45 minutes of discussion at 1:32:32-2:16:21 (that starts with the Trump campaign's version of "Over There" that I had never heard before).

Avec Philippe Karsenty, analyste des médias, fondateur de l’observatoire Media-Ratings, homme politique, conseiller municipal de Neuilly-sur-Seine 

Trump Book Author Evelyne Joslain Discusses the Republicans' Election Victory with GOP Guests

The Republican onslaught during America's presidential elections were the subject of Radio Courtoisie's Libre Journal du nouveau monde segment as Évelyne Joslain (the author of Trump: For Better or Worse) chatted with Paul Reen, a leader of Republicans Overseas, and blogger/journalist/author Erik Svane.

Libre Journal du nouveau monde du 23 novembre 2016 : “Les succès électoraux des Républicains”

Par Évelyne Joslain | 23 novembre 2016 | Libre Journal du nouveau monde | Mots clés : Donald Trump . élections . Erik Svane . États-Unis . Les Républicains . Paul Reen . primaires

Evelyne Joslain, assisté de Nathalie, recevait Erik Svane, journaliste, écrivain et Paul Reen, vice-président des Républicains Outre-mer, sur le thème : « Les succès électoraux des Républicains ».

The GOP's Paul Reen Appears on Radio Courtoisie Discussing the Subject of the Geopolitical Views of Donald Trump

Invited by Antoine Guillaume and Gicquel François-Xavier, Paul Reen, the media director of Republicans Overseas France (ROF), appeared on Radio Courtoisie's Libre Journal de l'Occident (audio at link) show along with Québec's Alexandre Cormier-Denis of Nomos TV.

• Libre Journal de la nuit
• Occident

Libre journal de l’occident du 19 mars 2025 : “Guerre et Paix : la Géopolitique de Trump”

Patron d'émission Antoine Guillaume et Gicquel François-Xavier le 18 mars 2025

Libre journal de l’occident du 19 mars 2025

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Guillaume Antoine et François-Xavier Gicquel reçoivent :

• Alexandre Cormier-Denis, fondateur de Nomos TV
• Paul Reen, directeur média des Republicans Overseas France

Thème : “Guerre et Paix : la Géopolitique de Trump”

référence :

Étiquettes : géopolitique guerre Occident paix s1 Trump

Patron d'émission

Antoine Guillaume et Gicquel François-Xavier

Archives du patron d'émission

 

Biden completes worst US-Russian prisoner swap in recorded history

On December 8, writes Paul Reen,

Joe Biden proudly announced from the Oval office that professional women’s basketball player Brittney Griner was freed after 9 months in Russian captivity. With a giddy Kamala Harris in tow, Biden embraced Brittney’s wife with the cameras rolling. Clearly by shocking coincidence, on the same day the Democrat House celebrated the passing of a bill to protect same-sex marriage, even though same-sex marriage is already legal in all 50 states. The political theatre from the Biden Administration never ends.

OK putting political theatre aside for a second, America was truly happy for Brittney who stupidly tried to enter Russia carrying cannabis oil but was held far too long in Russian prisons. She should have been released much earlier. Until, of course, America heard the details of the release. Most of the world now knows that Brittney was part of a 1 for 1 prisoner swap that freed the most notorious, dangerous and Putin’s top priority Russian prisoner, the “Merchant of Death”, Victor Bout. Then it was revealed that Biden had tried to release a 2nd American in exchange for Bout, a decorated Marine Veteran, Paul Whelan, who has been unjustly detained in Russia for nearly 4 years. But Putin refused, so Biden caved and gave up Bout anyway, leaving the Marine behind enemy lines. The most notorious Russian arms dealer, guilty of selling arms to terrorists to kill Americans swapped for an athlete carrying cannabis oil for her own use. Incredible negotiations Biden!

Who is Viktor Bout? According to the New York Times, Viktor Bout has been accused of selling Russian weapons to Al Qaeda, the Taliban and militants in Rwanda as well as ignoring arms embargoes in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Algeria, where he sold weapons to both the government forces and the rebels fighting them. His diabolical actions helped inspire a 2005 film, “Lord of War,” starring Nicolas Cage. He was captured and convicted in 2011 on charges including conspiring to kill Americans and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Russian experts have stated that he is a member of, or at least was in close collaboration with, Russia’s military intelligence agency, the G.R.U. Experts also say that he was the highest-profile Russian in U.S. custody and the prisoner Russia had campaigned the most to have returned. He has now been freed after serving less than half his sentence.

Paul Whelan served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 1994 to 2008. While serving in the Marines, he did two deployments to Iraq and rose to the rank of staff sergeant. Whelan was arrested by Russia at a Moscow hotel in 2018. Russia claimed he was carrying out "an espionage operation," which resulted in his arrest. Whelan's brother David said Whelan was in Moscow for the wedding of a fellow Marine. He’s been sentenced to 16 years in prison. This the 2nd time that Whelan has been left behind this year. In April he was also a potential Russian prisoner swap but another US Marine, Trevor Reed, imprisoned more recently in 2019, was released instead. Paul’s brother David also says that Paul remains positive that he’ll be released soon and continues to begin every morning by singing the U.S. National Anthem.

Brittney Griner meanwhile has been a very active social warrior since 2020 and the Black Lives Matter protests against perceived police brutality and racial injustice. She has refused to stand for the National Anthem before games, choosing instead to stay in the locker room. "I honestly feel we should not play the national anthem during our season," Griner said. "I think we should take that much of a stand. I'm not going to be out there for the national anthem. If the league continues to want to play it, that's fine. It will be all season long, I'll not be out there. I feel like more are going to probably do the same thing. I can only speak for myself.”

Ridiculous Reactions from Biden Cabinet and Democrats:

Joe Biden: Biden on Thursday was asked after an unrelated speech what he would say to Whelan’s family concerning the shocking developments. His answer was a non-answer, his handlers quickly scurried him away from cameras and inquiring reporters.

John Kirby, Security Council Coordinator for strategic communications: when pressed on the situation Thursday, he insisted that the negotiations for Whelan were still ongoing in what sounded more like a pre-approved White House response.

Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary: Although it was earlier reported by ABC that both Griner and Whelan were offered as options for Viktor Bout, Karine Jean Pierre gave her usual dishonest spin stating “This was not a choice for us on which American to bring home. It was a choice between bringing home one American or none". Adding, “Brittney Griner is an inspiration for LGBTQI+ Americans and Women of Color".

Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers: She exclaimed over Twitter, "What a great relief!!! Extraordinary news, a basketball star, but also a gay, black woman is released." She added, "And yes of course we want other prisoners like Paul Whelan released." Meanwhile Russia state TV is enjoying mocking Biden’s weakness for choosing an athlete over a Marine and laughing at what this says about Americans priorities. More serious is how Putin and other U.S. adversaries see Biden’s weakness once again after Afghanistan. Will they start kidnapping Americans as bargaining chips? It also brings back memories of another terrible prisoner swap under Obama who released the famous “Taliban Five”, 5 of the worst “GITMO” terrorists, in a swap for US deserter Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in 2014. A pattern of Democrat weakness.

For Griner let’s hope she appreciates the US a little more after seeing what a real totalitarian regime is like. For Paul Whelan let’s pray for his continued strength and patriotism until he is released. The sad truth is Biden’s weakness threatens the security of America and all Americans living abroad. 2024 can’t come fast enough.

A French version of Paul Reen's article was published on Causeur.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/world/europe/viktor-bout-brittney-griner.html
https://ussanews.com/2022/12/08/paul-whelans-family-speaks-after-griner-prisoner-swap/
https://theweek.com/us-military/1019120/who-is-paul-whelan
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/12/09/nolte-left-wing-nbc-edits-brittney-griner-story- to-benefit-biden-white-house/
https://www.foxnews.com/media/weingarten-slammed-tweet-fixating-brittney-griners-race- sexuality-after-release-complete-clown
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/russia-state-television-mocks-u-s-for-brittney-griner- prisoner-exchange

Can't America Impeach Trump and Remove Him from Office? Asks French Radio Channel Giddily; GOP's Reen Answers with One Single Monosyllable

📻 Ce soir 22h/minuit : Jean-Xavier de Lestrade et @samueldoux
🇺🇸 débat : #DonaldTrump
🎤 et @kidfrancescoli en live !https://t.co/RZ2USGOBFk pic.twitter.com/znECSWPXZ6

— Laurent Goumarre (@LaurentGoumarre) May 23, 2017

Est-ce l'Amérique peut se déTrumper ? asks French radio in a play on words meaning both Can America unTrump itself and Can America undo its blunder.

Among the guests of Laurent Goumarre's Le Nouveau Rendez-Vous on the France Inter radio channel devoted to the question whether Donald Trump can be impeached — or, rather, removed from office (a number of people seem to think that they are one and the same) — were Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Samuel Doux (scénariste, réalisateur et auteur), Kid Francescoli (Chanteur), Norman Spinrad (auteur de science-fiction américain), Constance Borde (Représentante en France du parti démocrate), and Eric Fottorino (Journaliste et écrivain), as well as, last but not least, Paul Reen (représentant du Parti Républicain en France).

Notably, Alice Antheaume spent three and a half minutes in a mocking monologue over Donald Trump's tendency for writing tweets. After Christop Bourseiller went on and on for two and a half minutes with an editorial on the possibility of Donald Trump's impeachment and removal for office, Paul Reen answered with a single monosyllable.

Go to the France Inter link to hear the whole debate…

Donald #Trump et son téléphone portable… une relation passionnelle • la chronique d’@alicanth #NRVfi #donaldtrump pic.twitter.com/SpmcYfB2hy

— Laurent Goumarre (@LaurentGoumarre) May 23, 2017

Le président #Trump est-il tenu par les Russes ? • l'édito de @bourseiller1 #NRVfi pic.twitter.com/QVOjTDZe1Z

— Laurent Goumarre (@LaurentGoumarre) May 23, 2017

Buffalo Shooting: Paul Reen Takes On the Race-Baiters of the France 24 Channel

This week, the head of Republicans in France (RIF) was a guest on the English-language version of France 24 for a debate on (quote unquote) "Racism going mainstream? Buffalo shooting inspired by far-right conspiracy theories." Needless to say, the conservative was, as usual, outgunned, in this case by Curtis Young and Jennifer Carlson, not to mention the "moderator" himself, but Paul Reen fired back at that the drama queens with both barrels… (Paul's latest article, incidentally, is on Joe Biden's Ministry of Truth…)

He is not a lone wolf. The 18-year-old who travelled to Buffalo, New York to livestream a shooting spree targeting Black shoppers had the complicity of an "anything goes" internet where hate can spread at the speed of light, and a "land of the free" mantra where he could buy assault weapons over the counter.

In the wake of Joe Biden calling the shooting domestic terrorism in the name of White supremacy, François PICARD's panel argues over how the "Great Repacement", a conspiracy theory imported from France, went from the fringe to Fox News to Capitol Hill. Will the far right carry White supremacist ideas all the way to victory in November's midterm elections?

Produced by Charles Wente, Elise Marné and Imen Mellaz

 

Paris's Commemoration of the September 11 Attacks Anniversary

Wearing red white 'n' blue while bringing
the First Navy Jack to the 911 commemoration

The 22nd Commemoration in Paris of the September 11, 2001 (911 9-11) Attacks Anniversary

A l'occasion du 22eme anniversaire des attentats du 11 septembre, un hommage organisé par la Mairie du 16ème Arrondissement a été rendu aux victimes devant l'Arbre de la Liberté sur la Place des États-Unis.

Parmi les nombreux participants, dont the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) et the American Legion Paris Post 1, on a pu reconnaître Erik Svane (holding his Navy Jack), Paul Reen, et Marie-Thérèse Foreau de RIF, ainsi que les porte-drapeaux Gary (Nadeau) Nadolski et Gigi (Laîné) Nadolski, whom I interviewed after the ceremony.

The American national anthem and La Marseillaise were both performed.

"It's not often that a Marine manages to bring me to tears,"
I said to the colonel who mentioned Rick Rescorla and
Todd "Let's roll" Beamer in his speech, "but you managed it"

Marie-Thérèse Foreau, Erik Svane, and Colonel Dean Schulz

Erik Svane and Paul Reen
Bearing a rattlesnake and the words "Don't Tread on Me",
the First Navy Jack is based on the Gadsden Flag

Les porte-drapeaux Gary (Nadeau)
Nadolski et Gigi (Laîné) Nadolski

Paul Reen Interviewed by BFMTV on Joe Biden: A Republican in Paris Explains What a Terrible President the Liar in the White House Is

Following Joe Biden's disastrous performance during his debate with Donald Trump, Paul Reen was invited by BFMTV to give a Republican's perspective on the state of the union.

ROF's Worldwide Freedom Initiative Event Draws VIPs From the Entire Western World to Paris

Text by Evelyne Joslain. Patron d'émission du Libre journal du Nouveau Monde à Radio Courtoisie, Evelyne Joslain est l'auteur d'une poignée de livres sur les États-Unis. Son prochain sortira d'ici quelques mois.

Photos by Republicans in France members Marie-Thérèse Foreau (MTF) and video by Paul Reen (PR). Several speeches can also be seen on the website of Republicans Overseas France and on the YouTube page of ROF's WFI 2023 TV. 

Par ailleurs, sous la signature de Etienne Fauchaire, l'édition française de The Epoch Times présente deux articles sur l'Initiative Mondiale pour la Liberté et sur son invité surprise.

Une fois n'est pas coutume… In France, where usually nothing of interest ever happens for us people of the right, a fascinating conservative conference was held on November 10, under the aegis of Republicans Overseas France or ROF, a conservative American group, and the Danube Institute, a think tank created in Budapest by John O'Sullivan, an Anglo-American who began his political and literary career as a speechwriter for Margaret Thatcher. 

The event was initially planned at the town hall of the 6th Arrondissement in Paris but, only two days prior to the conference, the city councilors cavalierly dis-invited some 200 people without explanation and without apology, for the convoluted reason, it would seem, that the panelists and guests registered included “controversial personalities”. Randy Yaloz, head of ROF, managed to pull off the feat of quickly rerouting all those dangerous right-wing extremists to the 56th floor of la Tour Montparnasse, thus ensure the smooth running of the conference. A nice swap, as it happens, what with magnificent panoramas of the French capital that the town hall could not have offered. 

Edy Iverson and Paul Reen on the 56th floor of la Tour Montparnasse (MTF)

The general theme was libety and more precisely our individual freedoms, all of which are under serious attack on a daily basis by that domestic enemy which is known as Wokism, the undisguised goal of which is the destruction of our traditions and our civilization and which turns out to be never anything other than pure neo-Marxism. Evil being at work in all our Western democracies, the meeting was international with speakers hailing from the United States and from all over Europe. 

Organized by Republicans Overseas France and the Danube Institute, the Worldwide
Freedom Initiative drew VIPs to Paris from the USA and every part of Europe (MTF)

Emphasis was placed on the forms taken by censorship and the suppression of the right of free speech which are rife first and foremost in the media, duly aligned with the narratives of left-leaning governments. André Bercoff reminded us that we must constantly censor ourselves to avoid that our remarks be "judicialized" and that if there is no gulag, the modern world's dissidents are nevertheless dismissed as "conspiracy theorists" at the slightest misinterpretation of a single word. All because “we must not weaken the social consensus”, as they said during the Covid terror, explained Florian Philippot wryly (in fact a political consensus against the citizenry) and that on all subjects. Thus, debate is prohibited on one subject after another, from climate and immigration to race and sexual orientation, with the EU dominating the roost. On this side of the Atlantic, “daring to talk about FREXIT would be an obscenity”. Les Pariotes' Philippot, who had discretely put his anti-Americanism in his pocket (as had Eric Zemmour and Nicolas Dupont-Aignan), also noted that the national media engage in the systematic denigration of Donald Trump while the Bidens' mafia clan is treated to the respect and the hand kissing of a Sicilian Godfather. 

But FREXIT is possible, assured Charles Gave without convincing anyone! This indirectly, when the United States, weighed down by its external deficit and inevitable dedollarization will have to abandon Europe, thus forcing us to reactivate our military and our nuclear forces, which will lead to an explosion of the detested super state... 

Another theme was precisely that of international organizations, the EU, the UN, supranational courts, and NGOs, all of them so corrupt and harmful. Rob Roos of Holland's MEP demonstrated how the erosion of true democracy is the end result of "the social engineering of non-elected technocracies and bureaucracies, extremely busy within these organizations to create from the top down absurd regulations which take precedence over the rights of nations in their desire to impose the same legislation and common standards on all of us." The frenzied environmentalism of Eurocrats now demand the sacrifice of Dutch livestock and the depoldarization or removal of the dikes protecting the flat country (much of which is under sea level), all of which is to restore the rights of Mother Nature or Gaia, if you prefer...

Rob Roos's Dutch compatriot Sieta van Keimpema added that the green EU puts our food security at risk. She emphasized that Ursula von den Leyen was the zealous agent of the Davos Forum and the Green New Deal which demands the elimination of insecticides and agricultural de-fertilization! The madness must stop because rebuilding after the ecological damage will be extremely difficult if not impossible. Jeremy Stubbs, deputy editor at Causeur magazine and head of British conservatives in Paris, a fine connoisseur of the sexual ideologies dear to the left, specified that the decline of the West went hand in hand with the economic decline generated by climate myths whose real goal is the final destruction of capitalism by condemnation of all "extractionism", the act of "extracting our carbon-based energies from the sacred body of Mother Nature" — obviously a capital environmental sin, even a double sin because it turns out also to be "an eco-feminist crime" committed by the patriarchy! 

Mike Johnson was supposed to appear via Zoom, but because the new Speaker of the House had
laryngitis, his speech was read by Republicans Overseas Vice-President Jim Gosart (MTF)

Romania's Dorin Jacob and Hungary's Balaz Orban informed us about the Visegrad group: former Soviet republics are more resistant to wokism "quite simply" because they duly recognize it as communism reincarnate and they have already been through that once, thank you very much! No question "of destroying our traditions, our identities and our sovereignty" this time around through the insanity of “cancel culture”. And we know everything Soros is capable of when it comes to subversive immigration, himself a stateless Hungarian Jew and the "worst import ever to hail from the America." Israel's Mark Zell insisted on the incestuous alliance (typically Islamo-leftist) between environmentalists and Hamas terrorists, to which he could have added the "transgender" movement since Judith Butler, high priestess of the "gender" movement, publicly supported the "Queers for Palestine" group … Zell pointed out that the conflict unleashed on October 7 is well in the woke (Marxist) line, with "oppressors" and "oppressed" (and too bad if the two can be easily happily reversed) and he affirmed that this attack targets the Free World and not Israel alone. 

Another theme extensively covered was the ravages of Wokism in education. Reconquête's Éric Zemmour deplored that General de Gaulle completely missed the cultural fight and let the communists take over national education. However, the craziest and most dangerous woke theories are constructed in the academic world, resulting in "studies of gender, race, and other “devastated minorities”," with diplomas and a pseudo-scientific status allowing elected officials an excuse to develop laws! “Would you dare challenge science? Infernal, implacable machine whose goal is absolute power over populations.” Laurence Trochu, founder and president of a brand new “conservative party”, recalled that "the deconstruction of our traditions and values (and therefore our inevitable decline) has been institutionalized from Mitterrand onwards: suppressing classical culture so that everyone is equal" (the famous woke equity) and the vague educational theories of Adorno (from the Frankfurt School) introduced a the time. All this, aggravated by the intensive use of digital technology in the past ten years, resulted in the abolition of critical thinking and in impoverished language, therefore impoverished thought, therefore impoverishment of the very aptitude for reflection. America's Quisha King, president of Moms for Liberty, present via a Zoom screen, explained how parental rights have been violated since the Biden Administration has insisted on the mandatory teaching of Critical Race Theory which “teaches children to judge others by the color of their skin” alongside another compulsory subject in school, transgender theory.

Videoconferencing, generally speaking a boring process, also allowed us to have the surprise of the day, Donald Trump live at 4 p.m. sharp, who congratulated us all on our presence and on our determination to fight against the malignant forces of Wokism. 

Among the attendees was Corey Lewandowski, who helped organize a special guest call-in (PR)

The 45th president was followed by Nigel Farage who recounted how he had been punished for having organized BREXIT, finding himself from one day to the next "debanked", banned from his bank accounts like a common criminal, but whose counterattack has proven its effectiveness since a court has just condemned the bank to an apology and a fine. The UK Independence Party honcho recommends that everyone "attend the general meetings of their bank and question the choices aligned with interests opposed to those of the depositaries". This echoed the statement of Canada's Tamara Lich who described how Canadian truckers were mercilessly deprived of access to their bank accounts, on the completely illegal order of Justin Trudeau, for daring to organize a massive demonstration in 2022 against his cabinet's vaccination dictates, since woke governments monopolize power by launching collective fears (Covid, climate…) which allow them to exercise undue rights". This confirmed the warnings of Nicolas Dupont-Aignan earlier in the morning on the aims of the EU and the French government for 2028: a digital euro and the imposition of a Chinese-style control system. Control our money first, said the Debout la France leader, and thereafter all our decisions with "the establishment of a spider's web without our knowledge". 

Surprise guest at the Paris event (MTF)

On the question of manipulated elections, another strong point of Wokism, David Bossie and Corey Lewandowski assured the audience that the pivotal states could not repeat the electoral theft of 2020 because "precautions have been taken with lawyers ready to intervene in each polling station". Fine, but recalling that the left has all the billionaires of its side, it is hard no to but wonder if the Republicans will not be ready in 2024 for the 2020 election instead of for the 2024 election, and if the Democrats have not come up with an even more diabolical plan than its successful 2020 conspiracy.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (PR)

The day ended with a speech from Kristi Noem. This young woman, Governor of South Dakota, spoke of her personal, impressive experience, then confirmed that food insecurity is a national and even an international security risk. The threat to America does not come from the EU but from the great friend and partner of the elites' transnational corporations, Comrade Xi at the head of the CCP, which buys millions of acres of arable land without encountering obstacles, which shows that the question of leadership is essential. For example, Noem was the first in her state to ban "the Chinese application TikTok which is to the mind what [Chinese] fentanyl is to the body." Then she reminded everyone that America owes a lot to France, its thinkers, philosophers, and artists, and that the Statue of Liberty bears the inscription "Lady Liberty enlightening the world". "Also, we must re-educate the people who have been brainwashed and who let themselves be carried away by their emotions." Then she concluded with strong words: "Freedom is this which characterizes true democracy, also when you defend freedom and true values against the wokist crowd, know that you will have lived a life full of meaning".

These are the terrorists and the conspiracy theorists that a woke French town hall attempted to muzzle.

ROF's Randy Yaloz and the Mount Rushmore State's Kristi Noem (MTF)