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Macron trolls Trump, again
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The French president promised to ‘make our planet great again.’
[IMAGE]: A video grab from the French TV channel LCI taken on June 1, 2017, shows French President Emmanuel Macron speaking during a live
broadcast in Paris, after US president Donald Trump announced the United States was to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate accord | AFP via Getty Images
By Saim Saeed
6/2/17, 8:11 AM CET
Updated 6/2/17, 8:52 AM CET
French President Emmanuel Macron used Donald Trump’s own catchphrase to take a dig at the U.S. president’s decision to withdraw .. http://www.politico.eu/article/climates-brexit-moment/ .. from the Paris climate agreement.
In a statement ..
The French president also repeated a call he made during his election campaign inviting American scientists to move to France to work on climate change.
“This evening, the United States turned its back on the world,” Macron said on Thursday. “But France will not turn its back on the Americans.”
Macron is building a reputation as a global strongman .. http://www.politico.eu/article/macron-trump-handshake-putin-7-macho-moments/ , and it’s not the first time Trump has fallen foul of his macho antics.
During last week’s NATO meeting, Macron squeezed the U.S. president’s hand .. http://www.politico.eu/article/media-cheers-macron-going-mano-a-mano-with-trump/ .. so tightly, media reported the mens’ “knuckles turned white.” He then refused to let go even when Trump tried to pull back. At the same meeting, Macron appeared to deliberately snub Trump, swerving away from him to embrace German Chancellor Angela Merkel instead.
Emmanuel Macron
@EmmanuelMacron
8:33 AM - 2 Jun 2017
With bottom video .. http://www.politico.eu/article/macron-trolls-trump-again/
.. this not so hot ..
Emmanuel Macron’s first scandal threatens parliamentary majority
Allegations of nepotism against a key aide are taking some of the shine off the new French president’s first weeks in office.
By Nicholas Vinocur
6/2/17, 2:32 PM CET
Updated 6/2/17, 7:00 PM CET
[IMAGE:] Emmanuel Macron sailed to power on a wave of euphoria and anti-far right
sentiment — but the honeymoon could be over | Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images
PARIS — A scandal involving one of French President Emmanuel Macron’s closest allies, Richard Ferrand, is casting a shadow over his first steps in power and his ability to achieve a majority in parliament later this month.
Riding high from the president’s almost dream debut in office, the new government at first tried to play down accusations of nepotism against Ferrand, who is a cabinet minister and secretary-general of La République en marche (“The Republic on the move”), the centrist movement founded by Macron that has been transformed into a political party.
The minister had not broken any laws, officials said. But that line of defense started to collapse Thursday when a regional prosecutor launched a preliminary investigation into the case .. http://www.politico.eu/article/french-prosecutor-to-probe-minister-richard-ferrand-over-nepotism/ .
Hours later, Macron’s justice minister, François Bayrou, dodged questions about his colleague while presenting the administration’s first bill — on “moralizing” the practices of public
.. continued: http://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-scandal-threatens-parliamentary-majority-richard-ferrand-en-marche/
.. this you'll love ..
The French president promised to ‘make our planet great again.’
[IMAGE]: A video grab from the French TV channel LCI taken on June 1, 2017, shows French President Emmanuel Macron speaking during a live
broadcast in Paris, after US president Donald Trump announced the United States was to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate accord | AFP via Getty Images
By Saim Saeed
6/2/17, 8:11 AM CET
Updated 6/2/17, 8:52 AM CET
French President Emmanuel Macron used Donald Trump’s own catchphrase to take a dig at the U.S. president’s decision to withdraw .. http://www.politico.eu/article/climates-brexit-moment/ .. from the Paris climate agreement.
In a statement ..
.. late Thursday and a visual tweet on Friday, Macron urged the world to “Make our planet great again.”We all share the same responsibility: make our planet great again. pic.twitter.com/IIWmLEtmxj
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 1, 2017
The French president also repeated a call he made during his election campaign inviting American scientists to move to France to work on climate change.
“This evening, the United States turned its back on the world,” Macron said on Thursday. “But France will not turn its back on the Americans.”
Macron is building a reputation as a global strongman .. http://www.politico.eu/article/macron-trump-handshake-putin-7-macho-moments/ , and it’s not the first time Trump has fallen foul of his macho antics.
During last week’s NATO meeting, Macron squeezed the U.S. president’s hand .. http://www.politico.eu/article/media-cheers-macron-going-mano-a-mano-with-trump/ .. so tightly, media reported the mens’ “knuckles turned white.” He then refused to let go even when Trump tried to pull back. At the same meeting, Macron appeared to deliberately snub Trump, swerving away from him to embrace German Chancellor Angela Merkel instead.
Emmanuel Macron
@EmmanuelMacron
8:33 AM - 2 Jun 2017
With bottom video .. http://www.politico.eu/article/macron-trolls-trump-again/
.. this not so hot ..
Emmanuel Macron’s first scandal threatens parliamentary majority
Allegations of nepotism against a key aide are taking some of the shine off the new French president’s first weeks in office.
By Nicholas Vinocur
6/2/17, 2:32 PM CET
Updated 6/2/17, 7:00 PM CET
[IMAGE:] Emmanuel Macron sailed to power on a wave of euphoria and anti-far right
sentiment — but the honeymoon could be over | Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images
PARIS — A scandal involving one of French President Emmanuel Macron’s closest allies, Richard Ferrand, is casting a shadow over his first steps in power and his ability to achieve a majority in parliament later this month.
Riding high from the president’s almost dream debut in office, the new government at first tried to play down accusations of nepotism against Ferrand, who is a cabinet minister and secretary-general of La République en marche (“The Republic on the move”), the centrist movement founded by Macron that has been transformed into a political party.
The minister had not broken any laws, officials said. But that line of defense started to collapse Thursday when a regional prosecutor launched a preliminary investigation into the case .. http://www.politico.eu/article/french-prosecutor-to-probe-minister-richard-ferrand-over-nepotism/ .
Hours later, Macron’s justice minister, François Bayrou, dodged questions about his colleague while presenting the administration’s first bill — on “moralizing” the practices of public
.. continued: http://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-scandal-threatens-parliamentary-majority-richard-ferrand-en-marche/
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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