"It also comes as the Trump administration has openly supported far-right movements across Europe, which it sees as sharing its views that western civilisation is under threat from uncontrolled immigration and leftist excesses.

French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on France Info on Tuesday that Kushner’s non-appearance was a 'surprise' move that should not occur between countries that have a 250-year-old alliance."

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"The US state department warned that 'violent radical leftism is on the rise' and represented a threat to 'public safety,' promising in a post on X that the US would 'monitor the situation and expect to see the perpetrators of violence brought to justice.'

The US embassy in Paris reposted the comment in French, prompting the diplomatic spat."

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"Kushner, the father of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, was called to the Quai d’Orsay after Washington waded into the political turmoil in France since 23-year-old Quentin Deranque was killed in a clash between his group and far-left militants in Lyon."

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