translator: this result constitutes for our french leaders, as well as european leaders, a great defiance from the french people towards them, which they can t ignore. and that, of a widely shared aspiration for big change. the french have showed their desire for a counter power. our other top story this hour, the trip by two top u.s. officials to ukraine where they met with volodymyr zelenskyy. ukraine s government has released this video of the secretary of state, anthony lincoln and lloyd austin being greeted by mr. zelinski. and they are the highest level u.s. officials to visit ukraine since russia s invasion began. facebook a short time ago in poland, after returning from keefe. lincoln said russia is trying to brutalize parts of ukraine still, and for more on this, let s bring suarez in.
translator: this result constitutes for our french leaders as well as for european leaders the sign of a great defiance of the french people towards them which they can t ignore, and that of a widely shared aspiration for a big change. the french have shown tonight their wish for a counter power that is strong against that of emanuel macron s. reporter: so, madam le pen did not, in fact, congratulate mr. macron on his victory and, in fact, did not promise to work with him or anything like that. in fact, she laid down the gauntlet and said she s going to be challenging him along the line. in fact, there is kind of an interesting headline i want to point out here this morning. in paris they did a poll with ipsos. this was taken after the victory of mr. macron, and basically some interesting statistics how
now he must govern with the knowledge that 41% of french voters supported his far right opponent. le pen. both candidates touched on that reality in remarks on sunday. after the vote. i know that for a number of my compatriots who chose the far right today, the anger and the discord which brought them to vote for her project also merits a response. it will also be my responsibility and responsibility of those who surround me. this result constitutes for our french leaders as well as for european leaders the sign of a great defiance from the french people towards them. which they can t ignore. and that of a widely shared aspiration for a big change. the french have shown tonight their wish for a counter power that is strong against that of macron.
But for her, the event stirs up complex emotions.
“As people, their emotions can be manipulated and they are susceptible to rhetoric. And what we are seeing now with China s new superpower status is that it is increasingly displaying this hardened edge where national strength is interpreted as this unabashed, cynical power of force.”
Yangyang Cheng, a physicist and a fellow at Yale Law School and a columnist at SupChina
“As people, their emotions can be manipulated and they are susceptible to rhetoric,” Yangyang said. “And what we are seeing now with China s new superpower status is that it is increasingly displaying this hardened edge where national strength is interpreted as this unabashed, cynical power of force.”