U.S. academics silenced by the Trump administration should move their work to France, French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron hinted in a speech Saturday. Since Trump took office, the Environmental Protection Agency has frozen its grant programs and implemented strict controls on communicating with the press and the public. Macron also took a jab at Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, telling the crowd that he has no plans to build any such thing. He compared it to the Maginot Line, France’s failed attempt to use a fortification to keep Nazis out of the country. While Macron, a former investment banker, has never held elected office, his message of unity has earned him comparisons to a young Barack Obama.

Source: Huffington Post February 05, 2017 19:12 UTC