Berri dubs Trump 'emperor' who wants to control the world

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has accused the U.S. of sidelining France from the ceasefire monitoring committee in order to monopolize the entire decision-making in the committee alongside Israel.

The U.S.-led committee monitoring the ceasefire, which includes representatives from the United States, France, Lebanon, Israel and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), had met this Wednesday. The meeting in Naqoura in south Lebanon did not include civilians, which Speaker Berri described as a result of the American attempt to monopolize the decisions of the committee.

Berri described U.S. President Donald Trump as an "emperor". He told Asas Media, in remarks published Friday, that "in the world today, there is only one state and only one Emperor." "We live in a world ruled by Julius Caesar."

Last month, a high-level U.N. Security Council delegation visited Lebanon and met with Berri. Berri said all the ambassadors of the delegation, except the American Ambassador, supported him when he explained Lebanon's commitment to the ceasefire agreement.

Berri, who said the world was ruled by a "Caesar", linked the Israeli near daily attacks to the U.S.' wish to dominate the world and control energy, especially after the United States' seizure of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and its quest for Venezuela, Canada and Russia's oil.