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"Macron has failed," Pompeo tells Fox News as France's protests spread

Greg Palkot reports from Paris on tear gas and boarded-up shops before the former secretary of state turns to Macron's leadership and a new intelligence memo on Iran.

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Why this story? One of Fox News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 481,634 views.

'MACRON HAS FAILED': French president SLAMMED as protests spread

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0:00The anchor opens with France's widespread protests, police tear gas and closures including the Louvre.
0:32Greg Palkot reports from Paris: over 400,000 demonstrators nationwide, according to authorities, and 70,000 police deployed.
1:40Clashes and arrests in Lyon and Marseille, plus boarded-up Paris shopfronts meant to prevent vandalism.
3:08Mike Pompeo blames the unrest on a government's failure to provide security, liberty and basic services.
4:26Pompeo says "Macron has failed," calling the protests a symptom of failed leadership.
4:57The segment turns to Jay Clayton's intelligence memo on Iranian threats, then Israel's elections and Netanyahu.

France's protests are no longer just a French story, Mike Pompeo argues. "This is absolutely spreading to other countries," the former secretary of state and Fox News contributor said in the network's most watched new video since yesterday. It drew about 480,000 views in its first eight hours.

The segment opens with the street scene. Reporting live from Paris, senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot says more than 400,000 people demonstrated across the country, citing French authorities, with 70,000 police officers deployed. His footage shows riot police charging protesters on the city's east side and firing tear gas, with water cannons used to disperse crowds. The report also covers clashes and arrests in Lyon and Marseille, the closure of cultural sites including the Louvre, and Paris shopfronts boarded up against vandalism.

Pompeo describes the unrest as the product of a government that failed to provide security, liberty and basic services. Asked about the public exchange between Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump, he puts the blame on the French president: "Macron has failed, right? This is a symptom of failed leadership." An on-screen graphic quotes a New York Times headline on Macron's side of the exchange: that Trump does not like France and distorts its troubles. Fox also posted clips from Trump's rally in Perry, Georgia, where the president linked the riots to open-border policies.

The second half moves beyond France. Fox presents a memo from National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton warning of Iranian threats against U.S. personnel. Pompeo discusses Iran's history of targeting Americans and says, "Frankly, I've been on their kill list for several years now." He closes on Israel's coming elections, calling a bet against Benjamin Netanyahu "sheer folly."

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