Pres Marcon forming a relationship, even an affectionate one does not mean agreement with or approval of Pres Trump's behavior or policies but is wise of Mr Macron as the interventional relationship will outlive them both and more importantly it his best path to influencing the petulant US President.
Isn't that the root of Linqua Franca?
Look at Mr. Macron and Trump's expression caught in the article's photo. See if you can tell who is being played and who knows exactly what he is doing to his new found friend (he's the one winking).
Trump's "remarkable skills" referred to in today's The Upshot section do not work here just as they don't on Capitol Hill. This is real politics meeting narcassistic real estate mogul. We'll have to watch Bannon's influence on all this.
Trump's "remarkable skills" referred to in today's The Upshot section do not work here just as they don't on Capitol Hill. This is real politics meeting narcassistic real estate mogul. We'll have to watch Bannon's influence on all this.
This is more classic and classy politics being practiced by Mr. Macron to deal with our president. Unless the French prime minister is hobnobbing with the Russian similar to what Trump appears to be doing, Macron is playing to Trump's material and probably sexual proclivities. I hope he can be a buffer between Europe and the arrival of the Trump family values and ways of doing business with a heavy dose of Bannon ideology.
It is the responsibility of leaders to express their views in a civil way and make decisions after due consideration of the facts and the impact on the people of their own country but also the earth at large. The bromance is another example of the mature way Mr. Macron approaches opportunities and challenges and explains in part his meteoric rise to the Presidency of France.
How does Trump lean? Let us count the ways.....
You cannot ignore
The Tie to the floor
‘Cross the body of Tweetfinger Trump
Gross exaggerator
A fib mouthing ‘gator
As barrels of bushwah he’ll dump.
No record is greater,
Brilliant innovator,
Beats Roosevelt, Lincoln also Ike,
Words? Limited few,
And those few not true,
Ms Clinton he still doesn’t like.
An Obama birther
Not witty, no mirther,
And Putin’s the one he adores,
Of Europe, deplorer,
In business a shnorrer,
And one of our Nation’s top bores.
You cannot ignore
The Tie to the floor
‘Cross the body of Tweetfinger Trump
Gross exaggerator
A fib mouthing ‘gator
As barrels of bushwah he’ll dump.
No record is greater,
Brilliant innovator,
Beats Roosevelt, Lincoln also Ike,
Words? Limited few,
And those few not true,
Ms Clinton he still doesn’t like.
An Obama birther
Not witty, no mirther,
And Putin’s the one he adores,
Of Europe, deplorer,
In business a shnorrer,
And one of our Nation’s top bores.
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"Mr. Macron insisted that he “respected” the American president’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement."
I think it's important to provide the context in which Mr. Macron gave this remark, namely that Mr. Trump's withdrawal was consistent with his pre-election promises. Elections have consequences, so to speak. The NYT wants to make others believe that Trump is some kind of loner among Americans on the climate, when the Senate is just as bad (if not worse).
The problem is not just Trump. The problem is also the American electorate and American federalism - too much power is given to small states in the Senate and for the election of the President.
If you can't be honest about what the problem is, then you're not going to be able to correct it.
I think it's important to provide the context in which Mr. Macron gave this remark, namely that Mr. Trump's withdrawal was consistent with his pre-election promises. Elections have consequences, so to speak. The NYT wants to make others believe that Trump is some kind of loner among Americans on the climate, when the Senate is just as bad (if not worse).
The problem is not just Trump. The problem is also the American electorate and American federalism - too much power is given to small states in the Senate and for the election of the President.
If you can't be honest about what the problem is, then you're not going to be able to correct it.
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Did Russia interfere in France's election too?
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As we all know by now, if you want something from Trump, show him love.
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Soooooo ... is Macron walking down the path that so many others have, only to find that from moment to moment "reality changes" at the whim of this new "bro" ?
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Yes, and he soon saw his mistake when trump oogled Mrs. Macron and made unpresidential remarks about her shape. You can bet that should Macron meet with his new "bro" again, the Mrs. won't be around.