France Pulls Kushner’s Ambassadorial Access After No-Show
US Ambassador to France Charles Kushner speaks during the official launch of America 250, at the US embassy in Paris on Dec. 4, 2025.
Photographer: Julien de Rosa/AFP/Getty ImagesFrance cut off US Ambassador Charles Kushner’s contact to French government officials after he failed to show up for a summons over State Department comments about the killing of a far-right activist in Lyon.
“In light of this apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission and the honor of representing one’s country,” Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot “has requested that he no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government,” the ministry said in a statement late Monday.