We were told that the leaders of other nations would be appalled by Trump as president and would refuse to deal with him. Of course, we were told a lot of things. It doesn’t sound like Macron got the memo.
France’s Macron: I’m really enjoying my special relationship with Donald Trump
It almost makes me pine for the days of Jacques Chirac, sort of like you think back on your bout with Herpes and wonder where the time has gone.
Who would have thought the presidency of Donald Trump would coincide with a significant warming in our relationship with France?
Yet here we are. Emmanuel Macron sees a lot of himself in Trump, and probably vice versa, and after resolving at the outset not to let the supposed strongman intimidate him, Macron and Trump seem to have formed quite the bond: