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Edward Helmore

French government says Kristi Noem lied about cancelling meeting with Macron

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Kristi Noem speaks during a conference in Oxon, Maryland, on 23 February 2024. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

The French government has joined the chorus of detractors taking aim at the South Dakota governor Kristi Noem’s political autobiography No Going Back, which many now see as having eliminated her chances of being Donald Trump’s vice-presidential selection.

Days after Noem removed a passage claiming she had met with the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, officials at the Élysée Palace in Paris are questioning a passage that describes a cancelled meeting with the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

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