French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday accepted the resignation of the leader of his nation’s armed forces, in a dispute over military budget cuts, Reuters reported. Gen. Pierre de Villiers, 60, said in a statement that financial constraints imposed by Macron were making it difficult to do his job. According to Reuters, Macron and de Villiers had argued fiercely over Macron’s move to slash 850 million euros (nearly $1 billion) in defense spending. The Associated Press reported that the general strongly objected to Macron’s defense cuts last week during a parliamentary commission meeting, a setting that Macron said was not appropriate for the remarks. Trump met with Macron in France earlier this month.

Source: Fox News July 19, 2017 09:34 UTC