French officials are disputing a passage from South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s controversial new book, which claimed she canceled a meeting with Emmanuel Macron over his comments on Israel’s Hamas war.
Critics have slammed Noem’s book “No Going Back” after she shared a story about shooting her family dog and claimed to have met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Her latest controversial anecdote claims she canceled a meeting with the French president because of “anti-Israel” comments, which the government denies.
‘While in Paris, I met with French President Emmanuel Macron. However, the day before we met, 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 he acquired NBC News.
However, a representative of Macron said there is no record of a planned meeting between the two and denied ever inviting her to a meeting in the first place.
French officials are disputing a passage from South Dakota Governor 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 have slammed Noem’s book “No Going Back” after she shared a story about shooting her family dog and claimed to have met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“The governor was invited to sit in President Macron’s box for the armistice parade at the Arc de Triomphe,” said Ian Fury, the governor’s chief communications officer.
“Following his anti-Israel comments, she chose to cancel,” Fury said. He added that Macron “wasn’t there in the end either.”
Long considered a top candidate for a possible running mate for former President Donald Trump, Noem released her book “No Going Back” after meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss the idea of joining him .
Political operatives, journalists and media figures extensively ridiculed Noem after discovering a story in her book about shooting her dog ‘Cricket’ with a shotgun when it developed a tendency to attack farm animals.
Noem cited the story as proof that she could make tough decisions regardless of the personal and professional costs.
She defended her decision in a number of cable and network interviews over the weekend, despite the barrage of criticism she received online for her decision.
Noem cited the story about shooting her dog as proof that she could make tough decisions regardless of the personal and professional costs
“All of this shows that when you put someone in a position where he has to make a decision, and he wants to protect his family, and protect children and other people from an attack by an animal that has attacked others and killed livestock, that the choice I made over twenty years ago,” she said in an interview with 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 falsely claimed to have met Kim Jong Un, only confirming to CBS that she made “some changes” 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 should not have been in the book, and as soon as it was brought to my attention, I made sure it was changed,” she says.
Trump has long been a fan of Noem’s political persona, but acknowledged her struggles in the media during an interview Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin.
“I don’t want to comment on anyone on the list,” Trump said. “But she’s had a rough few days, I can say that.”