Donald Trump alert - Thank God for expert Parisian firefighters

A fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said.

Daily Maine UK by Francesca Chambers and Geoff Earle

Notre Dame sanctuary still in tact thanks to the heroic work by Parisian firefighters

Images posted on social media showed flames and huge clouds of smoke billowing above the roof of the Gothic cathedral, the most visited historic monument in Europe.

In what amounted to a jealous move to grab the headlines, Donald Trump said the Notre Dame bells will ring again and called for using aerial water tankers to put out the flames.  His caustic remarks about using water tankers was another stupid comment. Moreover, the world is truly disgusted by his idiotic litanies.

Yes, the Notre Dame bells will ring again, but not because Donald Trump says so. In fact, the bells were not severely damaged.

'Those bells will sound again' because firefighters were experts about how to prevent the fire from doing more damage than was initially anticipated.

• French ambassador said water tankers would 'only worsen the situation of the building' that firefighters were ultimately able to save
• Trump did not mention the aerial approach again, and the White House avoided any mention of it in a readout of a call he placed to France's Emmanuel Macron.

Donald Trump called France's Emmanuel Macron to offer the United States condolences on the Notre Dame fire and U.S. assistance in restoring the iconic cathedral. 'France is the oldest ally of the United States, and we remember with grateful hearts the tolling of Notre Dame’s bells on September 12, 2001, in solemn recognition of the tragic September 11th attacks on American soil. Those bells will sound again,' the White House said in a Tuesday afternoon statement. (Stupid Donald Trump was wrong to make this correlation because he was leaping to a wrong minded conclusions.  There was no terrorist attack made on the magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral.)

The message readout made no reference to Trump's suggestion while the structure burned that the French use damaging 'flying water tankers' to douse the flames. Trump made the outrageous recommendation from aboard Air Force One en route to Minnesota on Monday, without acknowledging the professionalism of the Parisian fire fighters, while viewers around the world watched iconic cathedral go up in flames. Obviously, Donald Trump could not deal with something other than himself being in the world's headlines.

Hours after Trump's stupid tweet, the French government explained that air drops could have caused the cathedral's walls to implode, bringing the structure down and ruining the artwork inside.

France's ambassador to the U.S. Gerard Araud told CNN, 'It's not possible to use water tankers which could only worsen he situation of the building.' He mentioned the difficulty of containing the fire with intense heat and tons of wood acting as fuel. 'So I think we have only to pray now,' he said.

The French civil security division posted a tweet that appeared to rebut Trump – posting a single English-language missive on its French-language account.

'Hundreds of firemen of the Paris Fire Brigade are doing everything they can to bring the terrible #NotreDame fire under control. All means are being used, except for water-bombing aircrafts which, if used, could lead to the collapse of the entire structure of the cathedral,' the tweet said.

First lady Melania Trump, who did work in Paris during her modeling career, also tweeted about the fire.

'My heart breaks for the people of Paris after seeing the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. Praying for everyone’s safety,' Melania Trump wrote.

Melania forgot to thank the expert Parisian firefighters.

I will do so for her.  Merci Parisian firefighters.