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US orders French companies to comply with Trump's diversity ban

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The objection to DEI is that it discriminates against white Protestant men. Is that happening in France?
I don't think protestantism has been legal in France for 450 years or so.
 
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Your list is accurate, but it doesn't come from the 25h Amendment. The actual line of succession beyond the Vice President isn't in the 25th Amendment, but is in the Presidential Succession Act (which has been amended several times, most recently in 1947). The 25th Amendment, when it comes to the line of succession, really only specifies that should the President leave office (resignation, death, or impeachment), the Vice President becomes President, when before there was some question about whether they technically become President or were just an acting President.
I'm sure there was some stuff linking back to the bits in the original constitution about the president being "inable to discharge the powers and duties of the office" too...
 
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There was no indication that the companies receiving the letter were selected based on their presence in the U.S. A source close to the matter confirmed that France's state-controlled telecoms group Orange (ORAN.PA), which has no U.S. presence, received the letter.

Meanwhile, defence electronics firm Thales (TCFP.PA) and oil major TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), both with operations in the U.S., did not receive it, according to spokespeople for the companies.


Well, it is one thing to set some requirements from the US side, it is another thing that it is done in such amateurish, errant, almost random way, again.
 
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Well, it is one thing to set some requirements from the US side, it is another thing that it is done in such amateurish, errant, almost random way, again.
Well that seems to be the Trump way. Tariffs on penguins, anyone?
 
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I don't think protestantism has been legal in France for 450 years or so.
To be pedantic: religious wars tormented France. In 1698 the "Edit de Nantes" was promulagated, guaranteeing the freedom of religion for protestants (Huguenots). This was retracted in 1685 outlawing protestantism again.
This lasted until 1787 when freedom of religion was re-established.

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To be pedantic: religious wars tormented France. In 1698 the "Edit de Nantes" was promulagated, guaranteeing the freedom of religion for protestants (Huguenots). This was retracted in 1685 outlawing protestantism again.
This lasted until 1787 when freedom of religion was re-established.
And then it was disestablished:

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I think you missed some of the winking in preceding posts.
 
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Trump shouldn't expect to determine domestic policy in other countries. French companies have to abide by French laws.
The “ideology” of The Leader is paramount.
 
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