French officials are questioning a passage in South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s controversial new book that claimed she canceled a meeting with Emmanuel Macron over his comments about Israel’s war against Hamas.
Critics slammed Noem’s book ‘No Going Back’ after she shared a story about shooting her family’s dog and claimed to have met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
His latest controversial anecdote claims that he canceled a meeting with the French president over “anti-Israel” comments, which the government denies.
‘While in Paris, I was scheduled to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. However, the day before our meeting, he made what I considered a very pro-Hamas and anti-Israel comment to the press. “So I decided to cancel,” Noem said in a passage from the book obtained by NBC News.
However, a representative for Macron said there is no record of a scheduled meeting between the two and denied inviting her to a meeting in the first place.
French officials are questioning a passage in South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s controversial new book.
Noem claimed she canceled a meeting with the French president over “anti-Israel” comments, which the government denies.
Critics slammed Noem’s book ‘No Going Back’ after she shared a story about shooting her family’s dog and claimed to have met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“The governor was invited to sit in President Macron’s box for the Armistice Day parade at the Arc de Triomphe,” said Ian Fury, the governor’s communications chief.
“Following his anti-Israel comments, she decided to cancel,” Fury said. He added that Macron “didn’t end up attending either.”
Long considered a top candidate for a potential running mate to former President Donald Trump, Noem published her book ‘No Going Back’ after meeting Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss the idea of joining him in The candidacy.
Noem was widely ridiculed by political operatives, journalists and media figures after they discovered a story in her book about her shooting her dog ‘Cricket’ with a shotgun when it developed a propensity for attacking farm animals.
Noem cited the story as proof that she could make difficult decisions, no matter the personal and professional cost.
He defended his decision in several cable and network interviews over the weekend, despite the torrent of criticism he received online for his decision.
Noem cited the story of shooting her dog as proof that she could make tough decisions, no matter the personal and professional cost.
“It all goes to show that when you put someone in a position where they have to make a decision and they want to protect their family and protect children and other people from being attacked by an animal that has attacked others and killed livestock , that’s the choice I made more than 20 years ago,” he said in an interview on CBS Face the Nation.
“And that I didn’t ask anyone else to take that responsibility for me, that I had to make that decision myself.”
Noem refused to admit that she wrongly claimed to have met Kim Jong Un, only confirming to CBS that she had “made some edits” to the book before its release.
‘I’m not going to talk about my specific meetings with world leaders, I’m just not going to do that. This anecdote shouldn’t have been in the book, and as soon as it was brought to my attention, I made sure it fit,” she said.
Trump has long been a fan of Noem’s political persona, but acknowledged her struggles in the media during an interview with Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin.
“I don’t want to comment on anyone on the list,” Trump said. “But he had a rough couple of days, I admit.”