down. whenever he was asked, he would respond, build the wall. that's how zemour wants to run, he says. so zemour, the french trump? almost. the former tv personality still a long shot candidate is one part trump, one part tucker carlson. >> how precisely is diversity or strength? he's not from this country in that sense. >> reporter: zemour, the now expn journalist, is a facsimile of the fox news star, same debating styles, same cable used platform, say enviable b ratings, and the same obsession with culture wars. >> translator: we must choose names from the calendar, the names of christian saints. >> your mother was wrong. >> reporter: and like carlson, zemour never had interest in running for office. until he did. cnn, paris.