“For France, Brexit was a gift,” said Fashion Roundtable CEO Tamara Cincik. “We gifted our prominence in terms of talent and profile, while a business-savvy French government saw an opportunity … all while inducing customers to shop there for their high-end purchases.”

The vice president denied that he was talking about Britain and France when he downplayed “20,000 troops from some random country” protecting Ukraine. No other countries have pledged troops.