The minister for maritime affairs and senator for Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Annick Girardin, cast her vote in the presidential election in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, on April 23, 2022. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE LESPAGNOL/AFP Bringing up the unpredictable US president, Donald Trump, with the residents of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon inevitably prompts two simultaneous reactions. One is a mocking remark about the apparent madness of the man, while the other is a reference to the lessons of history in the only French overseas territory in the North Atlantic. The residents firmly believe that the archipelago will stand up against any attack, much like Admiral Émile Muselier, the first general officer to join Charles de Gaulle in June 1940 and who organized Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon’s rallying to Free France on Christmas Day 1941. Local elected officials have nevertheless taken up the issue. Senator Annick Girardin, the former minister for French overseas territories and later for maritime affairs under President Emmanuel Macron (2017-2022), questioned the government on January 21 about the recent decision to assign part of the airspace management (the approach zone, below 6,000 feet) to Canadian authorities. “France …