What Does the World Think of Trump? 'Buffoon,' 'Vulture,' 'Orange Prince of American Self-Publicity' Kasia Kovacs - IBTimes
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When it comes to international diplomacy, President Donald Trump is not known for discreet language. Here’s how some world leaders have responded to Trump’s brazen behavior:

In France, President François Hollande said Trump’s “excesses make you want to retch” after the American president-to-be went after the parents of Humayun Khan, a Muslim-American soldier who died in the Iraq war. A few months later, after Election Day, Holland said American voters had opened “a period of uncertainty.”

French Ambassador to the U.S. Gerard Araud had a simple word for Trump in 2015: “Vulture.”

In Great Britain, Prime Minister Theresa May congratulated Trump after his election: "We are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defense" she said.

Not all British politicians have been so diplomatic. Conservative Member of Parliament Marcus Fysh called Trump “the orange prince of American self-publicity.”

“Let's be clear, Donald Trump is an idiot. I have tried to find different, perhaps more parliamentary adjectives to describe him, but none was clear enough. He is an idiot," said MP Gavin Newlands of the Scottish National Party.

A British MP from Northern Ireland pitched in too: "The person you are dealing with may be a successful businessman, but he's also a buffoon," said Gavin Robinson, who represents the Democratic Unionist Party.

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson seemed to swirl 180 degrees after Trump’s election. "The only reason I wouldn't visit some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump," he said before Nov. 8; but after, he claimed he was “looking forward” to meeting Trump.

...Trump has also had a contentious relationship with Mexico — especially after claiming he would build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico and make the latter pay for it. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto retorted in January that “of course” Mexico will not pay for the wall.

Trump doesn’t seem to be especially popular in Mexico, anyway: “When an apple’s red, it is red. When you say ignorant things, you’re ignorant,” said Mexico’s top diplomat, Foreign Affairs Secretary Claudia Ruiz Massieu, who also called Trump racist.

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