Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, rebuked President Biden and his foreign policy in a tweet Wednesday morning, saying it has led America’s oldest ally into waiting arms. Xi Jinping of China
“Awesome” Cruz wrote on Twitter, sharing the comments French President Emmanuel Macron. Made earlier about China. During the interview, Macron called on France and Europe not to follow the US example in defending Taiwan.
The Republican senator added: “Even Europe’s left-wing leaders — whom Biden carelessly dismissed (and mistakenly kissed) — are openly kissing America.” “Seriously [Question]Could Biden possibly screw up foreign policy even more?
The Republican’s tweet comes as Macron spends three days in China and echoes the Chinese government’s comments on Taiwan.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a tea ceremony at the residence of the governor of Guangdong Province, China, Friday, April 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Tybalt Kames, Poole)
“The question we have to answer as Europeans is the following: is it in our interest to accelerate the crisis on Taiwan? No,” he said during the interview. China’s southern city of Guangzhou. “The worst thing is to think that we Europeans should be followers on this topic and take our cues from the American agenda and the Chinese responses.”
Macron said his country and its neighbors “risk being caught in crises that are not ours”.
“We Europeans must wake up. Our priority is not the agenda of others in all regions of the world,” Macron said in the interview.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for his comments on the US, China and Taiwan. (Drew Anger/Getty Images)
The French president’s comments have been widely criticized.
Other US lawmakers, including Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., asked in a video if Macron was speaking for all of Europe, urging other European countries to make their views clear.
“If Macron speaks for all of Europe and their position is not to choose between America and China over Taiwan now, we should not stand aside,” Rubio said. Ukraine as “spending a lot of taxpayer money on the war in Europe.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping, second left, and French President Emmanuel Macron speak at the Guangdong Provincial Governor’s Residence Garden in Guangzhou, China, Friday, April 7, 2023. (Jacques Witt, Poole via AP)
The Biden administration appears to have probed for any deeper meaning behind Macron’s comments and has insisted that the US and France have close cooperation.
The White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Monday that the two allies have a “tremendous bilateral relationship” and will work together to support Ukraine and ensure peace in the Indo-Pacific region.
“We’re focused on … making sure we meet the national security requirements of both countries together,” Kirby said.
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Macron left China for the Netherlands on Tuesday for a two-day working visit.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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