France humiliated itself at the UN when it compared the US to North Korea . It’s time Trump gives Turtle Bay the punishment it deserves

The folly of the United Nations was on full display this week. France committed a major faux pas: Its embassy posted on X that “the US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated.” The French went on to say “the world no longer listens” to the US. The American delegation walked out of a UN meeting in protest, and now the State Department is considering how to punish both Paris and Turtle Bay. Washington is reportedly weighing a rejection of President Emmanuel Macron’s new pick to be his country’s ambassador in DC. The French are reportedly miffed about that — but why should they care about an ambassador to a country no one listens to? This diplomatic slap is a good step, but it does not impose real costs outsi