On the one hand, Individuals usually are not placing up with bravados just like the one by French President Emmanuel Macron, who referred to as for a freeze on European funding on the US as a response for the tariffs that Donald J. Trump slapped on the European Union.
On the opposite, some authorities companies are nonetheless working on a non-America First line, and US-taxpayers’ cash continues to be wasted on individuals who hate America.
Daniel Turner, the Founder & Govt Director of the non-profit Energy The Future, rightfully indignant with this example, wrote on X:
“French President Macron desires European firms to finish all American investments. Two can play this recreation, Emmanuel. President @realDonaldTrump ought to instantly cancel the $5 billion U.S. mortgage for France’s TotalEnergies African LNG venture.”
French President Macron desires European firms to finish all American investments.
Two can play this recreation, Emmanuel.
President @realDonaldTrump ought to instantly cancel the $5 billion U.S. mortgage for France’s TotalEnergies African LNG venture. pic.twitter.com/HYoTPFALe0
— Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) April 4, 2025
As a proof of simply how vital social media communications have change into, longtime overseas coverage adviser and present Envoy for Particular Missions Richard Grenell picked up on the put up and despatched it to Trump:
I simply despatched this to DJT.
Good concept! https://t.co/0hFudrbio8
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) April 4, 2025
In a report from mid-March, we see that the US Export-Import Financial institution’s resolution to bankroll was already being closely criticized as detrimental to the American LNG trade.
Washington Free Beacon reported:
“A federal company quietly authorized a $5 billion mortgage on Thursday to fund a liquefied pure fuel facility in Mozambique owned by TotalEnergies, a French firm that has a historical past of working with overseas adversaries, together with Iran, Russia, and China.
The U.S. Export-Import Financial institution’s resolution to finance TotalEnergies’ LNG venture is going through backlash from conservatives cautious of overseas assist spending, in addition to the U.S. LNG trade, which says the ability will compete with American companies. Critics observe {that a} long-awaited Alaska LNG pipeline proposal, which President Trump touted in his handle to Congress this month, would face direct competitors from the TotalEnergies facility.
[…] Rick Perry, Trump’s former vitality secretary, instructed the Washington Free Beacon that the TotalEnergies Mozambique venture ‘instantly competes with the U.S. LNG trade, at a time when the President is seeking to broaden it’.
‘President Trump and his cupboard have been very clear that this administration will restore American vitality dominance and shield the U.S. vitality trade and the tens of millions of those that assist it’, stated Perry. ‘The proposal for ExIm financial institution to ship $5 billion in taxpayer {dollars} to fund a overseas owned venture in Africa contradicts this precedence’.”
For context, this is among the largest loans @EximBankUS has ever executed.
And it was quietly authorized final month, below Donald Trump, however earlier than his nominee has been confirmed and within the job.
This should be stopped. https://t.co/PkBIn50s5t
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) April 4, 2025
America First is greater than a slogan; it’s the guideline of the revolutionary Donald J. Trump’s administration – and tens of millions of patriotic Individuals are paying shut consideration to all its implications.
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