Beleaguered Macron cites US-Iran war as factor in protests amid Trump, Vance criticism

The embattled French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday pinned some of the blame on the U.S. war against the terrorist regime in Iran for the widespread riots and looting unfolding across France .

The controversial passage referring to the Iran war from his televised speech triggered criticism from some experts.

Macron said that "demonstrators expressed concern about the cost of living and the price of fuel.

Both are driven by the conflict launched in the Persian Gulf, a conflict in which France has taken no part but whose consequences we are suffering." He added, "I fully understand their concern.

It is being expressed in several other European capitals as well.

That is why I have taken several initiatives at the international level to secure our fuel and our gas and to act on energy markets." Macron announced that he would be traveling to the Gulf on a three-nation stop to discuss the energy crisis.

FRANCE’S TEEN RIOTS TAKE EXPLOSIVE NEW TURN AS GOVERNMENT POINTS FINGER AT HARD LEFT It is unclear which demonstrators Macron signaled out for alleged concerns about fuel prices.

Fox News Digital reported on Monday on the inner workings of the large-scale riots with many of the groups named seeking to abolish the free enterprise system.

Macron stressed that those who have tried "to bring down the republic will be held accountable." President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that, "I said the first time I met Macron, I said, you got to close up your borders.

You're going to ruin your country.

And they've ruined their country.

It's going to be hard to get it back.

But hopefully France will come back." A spokesman for the French foreign ministry pointed Fox News Digital to President Macron's televised address on Sunday and referred Fox News Digital to the Elysée press office for other questions.

The Élysée press office did not respond by time of publication.