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Siwsan

(26,293 posts) Wed Jun 28, 2017, 07:59 PM Jun 2017

So, trump* is going to France for Bastille Day?? Am I the only one scratching my head??

When the whole Kathy Griffin holding a bloody head thing happened, I assumed the photo was an homage to the French Revolution. Now trump* is going to be in France for Bastille Day. I read, somewhere, that he has about a 12% "approval" rating in France, and I've never found the French to be shy about expressing themselves.

Something tells me this could be an "interesting" trip.

From ABC:

Trump accepts invitation to visit France for Bastille Day celebrations

President Donald Trump will travel to France next month to attend the Bastille Day celebration in Paris and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into World War I, the White House said Wednesday.

Trump accepted the invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders met for the first time during Trump's overseas trip in May, just weeks after Macron's election victory.

The U.S.-French relationship under Trump has been called into question after the president criticized France's handling of terrorism. Trump also pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord, notably saying that he was elected "to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris."

The French government said that Trump and Macron will attend the Bastille Day parade in Paris on July 14 and that American soldiers would participate "alongside their French brothers in arms" in the parade.

"President Trump looks forward to reaffirming America’s strong ties of friendship with France, to celebrating this important day with the French people," the White House said in a statement.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-accepts-invitation-visit-france-bastille-day/story?id=48327287

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So, trump* is going to France for Bastille Day?? Am I the only one scratching my head?? (Original Post) Siwsan Jun 2017 OP

it feels like macron is trolling him JI7 Jun 2017 #1

Oh hell yes. If trump understood what happened then and there he'd flee. NightWatcher Jun 2017 #2

+1. n/t rzemanfl Jun 2017 #3

perhaps they offered this....? spanone Jun 2017 #4

Perhaps trump* will powder his head tribble, for the occasion. Siwsan Jun 2017 #6

👍🏼 spanone Jun 2017 #7

i doubt very much that benedict donald knows much of anything about bastille day. unblock Jun 2017 #5

I hope they spend a very long time showing him the guillotine Warpy Jun 2017 #8

He thinks le 14 juillet means lotsa women there for him! leftstreet Jun 2017 #9

He'll already be in Europe, for the G20, which is meeting in Hamburg on 7/7-7/8... Princess Turandot Jun 2017 #10

Maybe she wants to try to wow marybourg Jun 2017 #11

Let me count the ways he will embrass the US HipChick Jun 2017 #12

He'll probably bring them cake mythology Jun 2017 #13

One of these would be awaiting him if we're lucky meow2u3 Jun 2017 #14

Maybe he's paying homage to Marie Antoinette and the "Let Them Eat Cake" quote gollygee Jun 2017 #15

Even if they still had one active, Don's neck is too thick to fit n/t Blaukraut Jun 2017 #16

JI7

(89,274 posts)

1. it feels like macron is trolling him

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 08:02 PM

Jun 2017

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

2. Oh hell yes. If trump understood what happened then and there he'd flee.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 08:04 PM

Jun 2017

Yes, Macron is Supremely trolling trump on this one.

rzemanfl

(29,570 posts)

3. +1. n/t

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 08:06 PM

Jun 2017

spanone

(135,882 posts)

4. perhaps they offered this....?

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 08:07 PM

Jun 2017

Siwsan

(26,293 posts)

6. Perhaps trump* will powder his head tribble, for the occasion.

Reply to spanone (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 08:11 PM

Jun 2017

I wish I was proficient at photoshop so I could morph him into this:

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spanone

(135,882 posts)

7. 👍🏼

Reply to Siwsan (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 08:12 PM

Jun 2017

unblock

(52,330 posts)

5. i doubt very much that benedict donald knows much of anything about bastille day.

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 08:10 PM

Jun 2017

i suspect he's still trying to wrap his head around why france celebrates the fourth of july on the fourteen of july....

Warpy

(111,354 posts)

8. I hope they spend a very long time showing him the guillotine

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 08:16 PM

Jun 2017

and fully explain its history regarding aristocrats who were full of themselves and living like potentates while the people suffered and starved. Unfortunately, little of the Bastille remains to lock him into accidentally on purpose. Is Devil's Island still a possibility?