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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 08:36 AM Jun 2018

Trump's phone call with Macron described as 'terrible'

Source: CNN




By Michelle Kosinski and Maegan Vazquez, CNN

Updated 8:24 AM ET, Mon June 4, 2018

Washington (CNN) - A call about trade and migration between US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron soured last week after Macron candidly criticized Trump's policies, two sources familiar with the call told CNN.

"Just bad. It was terrible," one source told CNN. "Macron thought he would be able to speak his mind, based on the relationship. But Trump can't handle being criticized like that."

A short White House readout of last Thursday's call said the conversation was focused on trade and immigration.

"Both leaders discussed the migration problem in Libya, and timelines to solve it. President Trump underscored the need to rebalance trade with Europe," the readout states.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/politics/donald-trump-emmanuel-macron-call-terrible/index.html

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SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
1. Emmanuel Macron made a fool of himself with his Trump bromance last month and
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 08:41 AM
Jun 2018

now the relationship has 'soured'. Quelle surprise.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
9. He was an easy mark for the con man. Just another rupe to be fleeced.
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 11:19 AM
Jun 2018

I ask would you shake hands with that degenerate bastard? No tell what you could catch. I hope for the sake of the innocent French people that Macron was run through a delousing and sanitation program before he gained reentry to France.

George II

(67,782 posts)
10. Actually I think Macron was playing trump, just as Trudeau did and probably...
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 11:35 AM
Jun 2018

...like Kim will be doing next week.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,184 posts)
12. I think he was trying--in vain--to catch flies with honey.
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:54 PM
Jun 2018

And hoped that appealing to Trump's most base sense of narcissism, perhaps he would be more receptive to things such as the Paris Accord.

It was a fool's errand. What can you say, he tried.

5. Macron is partially responsible for Trump's upcoming "ego parade."
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 10:14 AM
Jun 2018

He didn't have to invite Donnie Two Scoops to view it, and once IQ45 experienced the erection he got watching all those troops and airplanes, there was no way he wasn't going to duplicate it -- only bigger, of course.

The thing is, if he gets his parade this year he'll want a bigger one next year, and bigger still the year after that. And don't forget all those fancy uniforms the French wore. Why should our guys be stuck with desert camouflage?

Remember, you can't spell "my big ass ego parade" without "me."

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
6. Next meeting, there will be an arm-wrestling match.
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 10:32 AM
Jun 2018

And Macron is lifting weights every day in preparation. As Pres. Turd is preparing with a rigorous daily donut-lifting regime.

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