Emmanuel Macron has once again revealed the stark difference between the cautious timidity of European globalists and the bold, decisive America First leadership of President Donald Trump. Macron’s recent comments at the G7 summit, warning against regime change in Islamist Iran, are not just misguided—they are dangerously naïve.
Speaking from Canada on Tuesday, Macron insisted that military actions aimed at toppling the Iranian regime would plunge the region into chaos. He invoked the specters of Iraq and Libya, claiming, “The biggest mistake today is to seek military change in Iran, because that will be chaos.” The French president apparently believes that leaving the terrorist-sponsoring regime untouched is preferable to confronting its regional aggression and nuclear ambitions head-on.
Yet, Macron fails to recognize the fundamental difference between a reckless regime change of the past and the targeted, strategic pressure advocated by President Trump. No one is calling for a reckless repeat of Iraq or Libya. Instead, Trump’s America First approach centers on maximum economic pressure, diplomatic isolation of the Iranian regime, and firm backing for our ally Israel. These are calculated, strategic moves, not the chaotic interventions Macron imagines.
Moreover, Macron’s plea for negotiations is equally misguided. “Bring everyone back to the negotiating table,” Macron pleaded, as if diplomacy alone can curb Tehran’s fanaticism and nuclear aspirations. History has shown time and again that the mullahs use negotiations merely as a smokescreen, buying time while continuing their malign activities. President Trump understands this reality clearly, which is why he withdrew America from the disastrous Obama-era nuclear deal and restored strength and clarity to U.S. foreign policy.
Let’s not overlook the domestic consequences of Europe’s weak stance toward Iran. France’s own Interior Minister, Bruno Retailleau, recently sounded the alarm about the Iranian regime’s attempts to orchestrate terror attacks on European soil. He warned explicitly about Tehran’s tactic of recruiting criminals and drug traffickers within France to carry out its sinister agenda. Retailleau stated clearly: there are threats “coming directly from the Mullah regime,” with previous plots foiled in 2018 and 2021. This is the same regime Macron believes can be reasoned with at a negotiating table.
Meanwhile, Germany also faces security threats from the Iranian regime. Social Democrat MP Sebastian Fiedler warned that Iran could exploit refugee flows to infiltrate Europe with its agents, particularly the notorious Revolutionary Guards. “We must under no circumstances allow the Iranian regime… to infiltrate their own people here,” Fiedler cautioned. Yet Macron still argues for appeasement and negotiation, ignoring the clear and present dangers posed by Iran’s radical Islamist rulers.
President Trump rightly called out Macron’s misunderstanding and publicity-seeking behavior. Following Macron’s false assertion that Trump had shortened his G7 trip to broker a ceasefire, Trump responded sharply: “Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire… Emmanuel always gets it wrong.”
Under Trump’s leadership, America pursues a clear-eyed strategy: standing firmly with Israel, confronting Iran’s malign influence, and safeguarding our national security. Macron, by contrast, continues to cling to the failed globalist doctrine of appeasement and compromise. His warnings of chaos from confronting Iran are backward—the real chaos comes from weakness and indecision in the face of aggression.
It is time for Europe to abandon the failed path of appeasement and follow America’s lead in confronting threats head-on. Iran’s regime is not a partner for peace; it is a sponsor of terror, a violator of human rights, and an enemy to stability. President Trump knows this. Macron, unfortunately, still does not. The stakes are too high for Europe—and the world—to keep pretending otherwise.
