The article discusses the current tensions in the U.S.-France relationship, sparked by President Trump's policies that favor Russia and threaten tariffs on French goods. This situation has prompted a resurgence of Gaullist ideology in France, which advocates for national autonomy and skepticism towards American dominance. Influential figures in France, including political scientists and politicians, echo sentiments reminiscent of Charles de Gaulle's era, expressing the view that France should assert its independence and reconsider its alliances in the current geopolitical landscape.
France is bristling, provoked by President Trump's tilt toward an autocratic Russia under President Vladimir V. Putin, his apparent contempt for European allies and his social media threat to impose 200 percent tariffs on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES AND ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE.
The current consensus in France is that de Gaulle was right to develop France's own nuclear deterrent, right to take France out of NATO's military command structure in 1966, right to insist that France remain an independent power.
Putin and Trump have resuscitated de Gaulle, said Alain Duhamel, a political scientist and author. They have revived the Gaullist conviction that two big powers cannot be allowed to govern the world.
Give us back the Statue of Liberty, Raphael Glucksmann, a prominent center-left politician, demanded at a Paris rally on Sunday, assuming a Gaullist mantle.
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