France’s foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, sparked controversy this week when he told reporters that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had asked his European counterparts during a G7 meeting in Italy why “American taxpayers” should care about Ukraine.
The comment signaled to some, including Ayrault, that Tillerson did not think the US should concern itself with the ongoing war in Ukraine and Russian aggression there.
Ayrault said he told Tillerson that “it is in the interests of the US taxpayers to have a Europe that is secure and is strong politically and economically. … You don’t want a weak Europe, broken …read more
Source: Business Insider
