France Mocked U.S. Over Human Rights, Then Apologized

“When France compared the United States to North Korea and Russia in July, the Trump administration responded by freezing the approval of a new French ambassador to Washington,” the New York Times reports.

“Now, after seven weeks of American pressure, France has backed down, apologizing on Friday for the social media post that set off the dispute. That will allow France’s nomination of Aurélien Lechevallier as its ambassador to Washington to move forward.”