Jacob Helberg, Donald Trump’s emissary to the French far proper | EUROtoday

At the start of January, an official led the way in which within the corridors of the State Department, the seat of American diplomacy, in Washington. The man invitations you to attend in an antechamber underneath a portray representing a lady draped in white, chasing the Indians from their land. The work, replica of a traditional of nineteenth century American artworke century, is meant to be an allegory of the “manifest destiny” of the United States to increase its empire.

“Hello, welcome. » Jacob Helberg, 36, offers a warm handshake – and speaks to us in English. However, French is his mother tongue. The American Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs was born to a French mother, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines). “Little valley on the Seine”, as he describes this inexperienced and bourgeois suburb of western Paris, which noticed him develop up. He will solely be part of the United States, his father’s nation, when he comes of age.

You have 94.7% of this text left to learn. The relaxation is reserved for subscribers.

https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2026/01/24/jacob-helberg-l-emissaire-de-donald-trump-aupres-de-l-extreme-droite-francaise_6663901_4500055.html