Trump was confronted by a French reporter about his friend 'Jim' whom he used to savage Paris in speechesAllan Smith, Business Insider 21 hr ago
http://www.businessinsider.de/trump-france-paris-jim-2017-7A French reporter asked President Donald Trump on Thursday about his friend "Jim," a character he's referenced when discussing how France and its capital were overrun by terrorism.
During a joint press conference alongside French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, a French reporter used his allotted question to ask about Jim.
"You've mentioned a friend, Jim, who told you that Paris is no longer Paris," the reporter said. "You were implying at the time that Paris was not safe anymore."
"You've also said that France and Germany are infected by terrorism and 'it's their fault, because they let people enter their territory,'" he continued. "Those are very strong words. Would you repeat them today? And do you still believe that France is not able to fight terrorism on its own territory?"
Trump called the question "a beauty" and told Macron that "you better let me answer that one first."
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The Associated Press wrote about "Jim" on Wednesday, just before Trump embarked on his brief visit to France for Bastille Day. It remains unclear if Jim exists, and Trump's answer Thursday did not provide clarity on that matter.
In a February speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, Trump said Jim "loves the City of Lights, he loves Paris. For years, every year during the summer, he would go to Paris. It was automatic, with his wife and his family."
Trump said he one day asked Jim: "How’s Paris doing?"
"'Paris?'" Jim replied, as Trump recounted. "'I don’t go there anymore. Paris is no longer Paris.'"
As the AP noted, the mayor of Paris responded by tweeting an invitation to both Trump and Jim to come to France to "celebrate the dynamism and the spirit of openness of #Paris."
Excerpt. Read more, including Trump's reply, at
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