The US president claimed protesters were chanting ‘We Want Trump’, chaos continues to sweep across the city. Mr Trump blamed the Paris Climate Agreement for the escalating riots which have blighted the French capital for the past three weeks. Thousands of protesters, who have faced tear gas, water cannons and stun grenades in clashes with police, are angry about planned hikes in diesel taxes.
But Mr Trump, who in the past has called climate change a “hoax”, believes the discontent is down to people being unhappy with the Paris Agreement, which is aimed at speeding up actions to lower carbon emission.
In a tweet posted today, Mr Trump said: “The Paris Agreement isn’t working out so well for Paris.
“Protests and riots all over France.
“People do not want to pay large sums of money, much to third world countries (that are questionably run), in order to maybe protect the environment.
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“Chanting ‘We Want Trump!’ Love France.”
Shops have been looted and vandalised and hundreds have been injured in the clashes which began on November 17 over record prices of fuel.
The cost of diesel has increased by 20 per cent in the past 12 months to an average of 1.49 euros per litre.
The movement, known as the ‘yellow vests’ for their hi-visability jackets, is thought to be made up of mostly workers on lower middle incomes.
While some protesters want to see the reversal of tax cuts they believe to favour the rich, others say they want measures to be introduced to support the poorest in society.
The Mayor of Paris’s 8th district, Jeanne d’Hauteserre, said: “We are in a state of insurrection, I’ve never seen anything like it.”
This week, after weeks of violence and hundreds of arrests, Emmanuel Macron scrapped the plans for tax hikes on diesel and gasoline which were aimed at cutting pollutions levels.
The French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe confirmed that the planned increases are no longer included in the 2019 budget.
Mr Trump tweeted: “I am glad that my friend @EmmanuelMacron and the protesters in Paris have agreed with the conclusion I reached two years ago.”
He said: “The Paris Agreement he fatally flawed because it raises the price of energy for responsible country while whitewashing some of the world polluters in the world.
“I want clean air and clean water and have been making great strides in improving America’s environment.
“But American taxpayers – and American workers – couldn’t pay to clean up other countries’ pollution.”