--- description: French President Francois Hollande took issue with Donald Trump's Friday comments on Paris, saying the U.S. president should support allies title: French President Hollande Hits Back at President Trump's Paris Comments image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaaf23290a9d06ec1/6988b06d5f570f801fb236f9/francois-hollande-reelection-reasons.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [europe](/tag/europe/) ## europe Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # French President Hollande Hits Back at President Trump's Paris Comments by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 25, 2017 2:26 PM CUT  French President Francois Hollande receives the Head of Andorra Principality Government, Antoni Marti Petit and President of Parliament of the Principality of Andorra, Vicenc Mateu Zamora for a meeting and a statement to the media at the Elysee Palace on October 25, 2016 in Paris, France. French President Francois Hollande receives the Head of Andorra Principality Government, Antoni Marti Petit and President of Parliament of the Principality of Andorra, Vicenc Mateu Zamora for a meeting and a statement to the media at the Elysee Palace on October 25, 2016 in Paris, France.Christophe Morin—IP3/Getty Images by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 25, 2017 2:26 PM CUT French President Francois Hollande took issue with Donald Trump’s [Friday comments about Paris](http://time.com/4682023/cpac-donald-trump-speech-transcript/ "undefined"), in which the American President claimed he had a friend who felt “Paris is no longer Paris” in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. Hollande called for Trump to support U.S. allies. “There is terrorism and we must fight it together,” Hollande said on Saturday during a visit at the Paris Agric fair, [according to Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-usa-paris-idUSKBN1640CD "undefined"). “I think that it is never good to show the smallest defiance toward an allied country. I wouldn’t do it with the United States and I’m urging the U.S. president not to do it with France. “I won’t make comparisons but here, people don’t have access to guns,” the French president added. “Here, you don’t have people with guns opening fire on the crowd simply for the satisfaction of causing drama and tragedy.” Trump’s initial remarks came during a [speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference](http://time.com/4681802/donald-trump-cpac-speech-media/ "undefined"). The president criticized Europe’s handling of [recent Islamist terrorist attacks](http://time.com/4314129/paris-attacks-journalism-in-europe/ "undefined"), saying his friend “Jim” no longer wants to take his family to the French capital. Paris mayor [Anne Hidalgo](https://twitter.com/Anne%5FHidalgo/status/835175467271475200?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") and French Foreign Minister [Jean-Marc Ayrault](https://twitter.com/jeanmarcayrault/status/835194591670333440?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") additionally responded to Trump’s comments via Twitter on Friday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4682918/french-president-hollande-donald-trump-terrorism-paris/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4682918/french-president-hollande-donald-trump-terrorism-paris/"},"headline":"French President Hollande Hits Back at President Trump's Paris Comments","datePublished":"2017-02-25T14:26:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:31:26.972Z","description":"\"There is terrorism and we must fight it together\"","url":"https://time.com/4682918/french-president-hollande-donald-trump-terrorism-paris/","keywords":["europe","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaaf23290a9d06ec1/6988b06d5f570f801fb236f9/francois-hollande-reelection-reasons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaaf23290a9d06ec1/6988b06d5f570f801fb236f9/francois-hollande-reelection-reasons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Francois Hollande Meets Head of Andorra Principality Government","caption":"French President Francois Hollande receives the Head of Andorra Principality Government, Antoni Marti Petit and President of Parliament of the Principality of Andorra, Vicenc Mateu Zamora for a meeting and a statement to the media at the Elysee Palace on","creditText":"Christophe Morin—IP3/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":"/tag/europe/","name":"europe"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4682918/french-president-hollande-donald-trump-terrorism-paris/","name":"French President Hollande Hits Back at President Trump's Paris Comments"}}]}] ```