(CNN) — President Donald Trump criticized the nation of France on Monday in a back-and-forth with a Fox News host as he defended the enrollment of Chinese students at universities in the United States.

“I actually think it’s good to have outside countries,” the president said when asked about enrolling Chinese nationals at American universities.

“They’re not the French. They’re the Chinese. They spy on us. They steal our intellectual property,” Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham responded.

“Do you think the French are better?” the president retorted.

“Yeah,” Ingraham said.

“I’m not so sure,” the president responded.

There has been some tension between Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron throughout Trump’s second term. Some of it has centered over Russia’s war in Ukraine, as wel

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