Summary
The Trump administration has ordered French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with Trump’s executive order that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Companies received letters from the U.S. embassy in Paris with a compliance questionnaire to be completed within five days.
French Finance Minister Eric Lombard plans to address this with U.S. counterparts, stating “This practice reflects the values of the new U.S. government. They are not the same as ours.”
Most likely another “look over here” move.
It seems indeed, especially since they contacted companies with no presence in USA, and did not for other that have business there. Either random mediatic noise, either pure incompetence, either both.
Not everything is a distraction and your country needs to stop dismissing everything as one
Honestly not sure what you could mean or imply here…
Not really directed at you specifically, it’s just that it seems like the top response to Trump doing anything is that it’s just a distraction. I can’t really put my finger on exactly what it is about it that bugs me, but I think it just comes across as dismissive
Edit: I think it bothers me the most when it’s something in relation to a country other than the USA. Like fine, write off the stuff that only affects the US, but to hear things just shrugged off as “it’s only a distraction” from a citizen of the country where said things are really screwing us over is just irritating.
It’s like if someone just threw a handful of shit at you and someone else says “oh yeah that’s just a distraction 🤷”
Watch my left hand while I fuck you with my right fist