--- title: François Hollande Says Donald Trump Makes You Want to Retch description: French President François Hollande expressed deep concern about the American election on Tuesday canonical: https://time.com/4436529/francois-hollande-donald-trump-retch/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-03T13:19:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:44:21.812Z article:section: Politics og:title: François Hollande Says Donald Trump Makes 'You Feel Like You Want to Retch' og:description: "An American election is a global election" og:url: https://time.com/4436529/francois-hollande-donald-trump-retch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39c28cf0e08a8dfc/6988a0ede20a87565da91e81/francois-hollande.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The President Francois Hollande Meets The Representatives Of Religions After The Terrorist Attack In Rouen og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: François Hollande Says Donald Trump Makes 'You Feel Like You Want to Retch' twitter:description: "An American election is a global election" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39c28cf0e08a8dfc/6988a0ede20a87565da91e81/francois-hollande.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # François Hollande Says Donald Trump Makes 'You Feel Like You Want to Retch' by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 3, 2016 1:19 PM UTC  French President, Francois Hollande is seen after the meeting with the representatives of religions at Elysee Palace on July 27, 2016 in Paris, France. French President, Francois Hollande is seen after the meeting with the representatives of religions at Elysee Palace on July 27, 2016 in Paris, France.Aurelien Meunier—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 3, 2016 1:19 PM UTC French President [François Hollande](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/world/europe/francois-hollande-donald-trump.html) expressed deep concern about the American election on Tuesday, arguing that its effects would have grave implications for the world at large. “If the Americans choose Trump,” he said, “it will have consequences because the American election is a global election.” [Hollande](http://www.lemonde.fr/elections-americaines/article/2016/08/03/pour-hollande-trump-suscite-un-sentiment-de-haut-le-c-ur%5F4977836%5F829254.html) slammed Donald Trump in his remarks, saying the Republican candidate’s “excesses end up making you feel like you want to retch.” Hollande, who has not yet announced whether he will seek reelection next year, but will face serious opposition from the ultra-conservative National Front’s [Marine Le Pen](http://time.com/4147837/marine-le-pen-france-regional-elections/) if he does, drew parallels between political events in the U.S. and his own country. “The American campaign signals themes that are then found in the French campaign,” he said. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/world/europe/francois-hollande-donald-trump.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4436529/francois-hollande-donald-trump-retch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4436529/francois-hollande-donald-trump-retch/"},"headline":"François Hollande Says Donald Trump Makes 'You Feel Like You Want to Retch'","datePublished":"2016-08-03T13:19:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:44:21.812Z","description":"\"An American election is a global election\"","url":"https://time.com/4436529/francois-hollande-donald-trump-retch/","keywords":["France"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39c28cf0e08a8dfc/6988a0ede20a87565da91e81/francois-hollande.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39c28cf0e08a8dfc/6988a0ede20a87565da91e81/francois-hollande.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The President Francois Hollande Meets The Representatives Of Religions After The Terrorist Attack In Rouen","caption":"The President Francois Hollande Meets The Representatives Of Religions After The Terrorist Attack In Rouen","creditText":"Aurelien Meunier—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4436529/francois-hollande-donald-trump-retch/","name":"François Hollande Says Donald Trump Makes 'You Feel Like You Want to Retch'"}}]}] ```