Donald Trump is "scary" and his popularity in the United States
is worrying, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday.
"This
man does not deserve as much attention as he gets. What is so scary is
the impact he has," the leader of France's Republicans party said at an
event in London.
"It makes me shudder. It makes me
shudder about the state of a part of the American heartland," said
Sarkozy, who led France between 2007 and 2012.
He
criticised the "populism" and "vulgarity" of Trump's campaign, which has
been marked by controversial statements about Muslims, as the real
estate mogul closes in on his Republican Party's nomination for
presidential candidate.
Sarkozy's time as president
marked a warming of ties between Paris and Washington, after several
years of chill under his predecessor.
After a short
period out of the limelight, the 61-year-old has his eyes on another run
for the presidency in 2017, but faces corruption charges relating to
influence peddling.
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