Once upon a time, Nicolas Sarkozy was such a fervent admirer of the United States that an American diplomat described him in 2009 as "the most pro-American French president since World War II," according to a Wikileaks embassy cable.
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Former French President and leader of the French right-wing Les Republicains party Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during a the European's People's Party Statuary Congress in Madrid on Oct. 22, 2016.