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French President Emmanuel Macron praised Europe’s “predictability” during a visit to Japan on Wednesday and compared it to countries that “can harm you without telling you,” in an apparent swipe at Donald Trump.According to AFP news.

“I am aware that Europe can sometimes be seen as a slower continent than others,” Macron told an audience of Japanese business leaders and investors in Tokyo.

“But there’s value in predictability, and we’ve shown over the past few years and even over the past few weeks that we’re where you know we’re going to be,” he added.

Macron criticized countries that said they were “going much faster” than their allies, but “you don’t know whether they will still be in the same position the day after tomorrow, whether they will make a decision tomorrow that could harm you without even telling you.”

The remarks were an apparent reference to the US-Israeli war against Iran, which effectively led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway on which Japan depends for energy imports.

The US president criticized France on Tuesday, writing on social media that Paris was “not very helpful” during the war with Iran.