>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED EARLIER
THIS MORNING ABOUT SUNDAY'S FRENCH ELECTION.
THAT'S THISHIS SUNDAY, AFTER YESTERDAY'S ATTACK IN PARIS,
WHICH ISIS CLAIMED CREDIT FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD THIS TO SAY.
ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK IN PARIS.
THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE WILL NOT TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS.
WE'LL HAVE A BIG EVERYTHING ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
HE ELABORATED DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS SAYING THE ATTACK WILL HELP CANDIDATE MARINE LE PEN.
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE PRESIDENT SAID HE
WASN'T ENDORSING LE PEN, BUT HE SAID SHE'S THE STRONGEST ON
BORDERS AND SHE'S THE STRONGEST ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN
FRANCE. WHOEVER IS THE TOUGHEST ON
RADICAL ISLAMIC TRIM, WHOEVER IS THE TOUGHEST AT THE BORDER WILL
DO BEST. WHY IS THE PRESIDENT INSERTING
HIMSELF INTO THE CAMPAIGN?
JEAN BERNARD, I WANT YOU FIRST, BECAUSE YOU ARE FRENCH.
>> THANK YOU. >> IS THIS A PARALLEL ELECTION
TO OUR OWN FROM LAST YEAR? IS THIS A BATTLE BETWEEN THE FAR
RIGHT CANDIDATE, MARINE LE PEN, WHO OPPOSES A LOT OF THIS
IMMIGRATION OVER THERE, BASICALLY BLAMES IT ON THE
MUSLIM COMMUNITY, THE TERRORISM, AND AGAIN A MORE MODERATE
CANDIDATE AGAINST HER? >> IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
FOR THE SECOND ROUND, FOR THE RUNOFF TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS ON SUNDAY, IT'S THE SAME WAVE THAT
PUSHED PRESIDENT TRUMP HERE, THAT PUSHED BREXIT IN BRITAIN,
THAT IS PUSHING MARINE LE PEN. THAT'S FOR SURE.
ANTI-IMMIGRANT, ANTI-GLOBALIZATION, NATIONALISM.
THAT'S FOR SURE. >> IS IT STRONG ENOUGH TO WIN?
TRUMP WON. AT LEAST HE WON IN OUR ELECTORAL
COLLEGE. >> IT COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
WIN ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAD AN ATTACK TWO DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST
RUN. THIS DEFINITELY COULD HELP
MARINE LE PEN BEING ELECTED. WHY?
BECAUSE IT COULD PUSH HER, BECAUSE SHE'S THE STRONGEST ON
BORDERS. SHE'S THE MOST ANTI-MUSLIM.
IT COULD HELP FRANCOIS FILLON. FILLON IS THE CONSERVATIVE GUY.
HE'S NOT THAT BAD. HE'S LIKE SARKOZY, BUT THEY
COULD BE TOGETHER FOR THE SECOND ROUND.
AND IN THIS CASE, ACCORDING TO ALL THE POLLS, HE IS THE WEAKEST
AGAINST MARINE LE PEN. SO THIS ATTACK COULD IN TWO
WEEKS FROM NOW HELP HER. >> SO RIGHT AGAINST FAR RIGHT,
FAR RIGHT WINS? >> FAR RIGHT COULD WIN OR RIGHT.
OR ACCORDING TO THE POLLS BEFORE THE ATTACK, CENTER.
THE SURPRISE, THIS YOUNG GUY, EMMANUEL MACRON, WHO IS TOTALLY
UNTESTED.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TRUMP GETTING INVOLVED?
I'M GOING TO SAY AT THE END OF THIS SHOW, I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED
THE FRENCH BECAUSE WHEN THE BRITISH ARE WITH YOU, YOU SAY
HO-HUM, BUT WHEN THE FRENCH ARE WITH US, THEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE
RIGHT. THE FIRST GULF WAR, THEY WERE
WITH US ALL THE WAY. THEY WERE WITH US WHEN WE HAD
MISSILES ON CUBA. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A CHECK.
THEY'RE NOT EASY TO DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN THEY
AGREE WITH YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S MY THINKING.
I'VE GOT A FRENCH GUY HERE. >> WHO IS AGREEING WITH YOU.
LOOK, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS DICEY WHEN AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT
INSERTS HIMSELF INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY'S ELECTION, ANOTHER
COUNTRY'S REFERENDUM. AS WE SAW WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA
WHEN HE INSERTED HIMSELF INTO THE BREXIT CONVERSATION JUST
BEFORE -- >> IT DIDN'T HELP.
>> NO, IT DIDN'T HELP, BUT ALSO HE WAS CRITICIZED FOR THAT
ALTHOUGH HE WAS CRITICIZED FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE DID ON THE
INTERNATIONAL STAGE. BUT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, WITH
HIS TWEETS, HE CAN DO THE WINK AND NOD IF HE WANTS TO.
OH, I DIDN'T ENDORSE MARINE LE PEN.
BUT HE SAID, AS YOU READ, SHE IS THE STRONGEST ON BORDERS.
SHE'S THE STRONGEST ON IMMIGRATION.
>> HE ENDORSED HER. ANYWAY, DONALD TRUMP IS NOT THE
ONLY AMERICAN PRESIDENT BECAUSE FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA TALKED ON
THE PHONE TO CENTRIST CANDIDATE EMMANUEL MACRON YESTERDAY.
THE PRESIDENT'S SPOKESMAN SAID THE CALL WASN'T AN ENDORSEMENT.
QUOTE, PRESIDENT OBAMA APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR FROM MACRON ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN AND THE IMPORTANT
UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FRANCE.
A COUNTRYNTRY THAT PRESIDENT OB REMAINS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO AS A
CLOSE ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES. AND AS A LEADER ON BEHALF OF
LIBERAL VALUES IN EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD.
SO WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. BARACK OBAMA, BY OUR POLITICS,
IS SOMEWHAT CENTER LEFT. HE'S NOT HARD LEFT BY ANY MEANS.
HE'S CENTER LEFT, AND HE'S ENDORSING A CANDIDATE WHO YOU
SAY IS CENTRIST. >> AND OBAMA, STILL, HE'S
EXTREMELY POPULAR IN FRANCE. PROBABLY OVER 120, HIS APPROVAL
RATING. HE'S STILL VERY POPULAR.
THIS COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON ALL OF THESE UNDECIDED PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF UNDECIDED.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO UNCERTAIN ABOUT THIS ELECTION.
>> YOU'VE HAD SOME GREAT PRESIDENTS.
DE GAULLE. AND MITTERAND.
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