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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Wed Aug 15, 2018, 12:42 PM Aug 2018

Trump reportedly has a 'bizarre' fascination with French President Emmanuel Macron and calls him for

Trump reportedly has a 'bizarre' fascination with French President Emmanuel Macron and calls him for no reason

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-has-bizarre-interest-with-macron-2018-8


President Donald Trump reportedly has a "bizarre" interest in French President Emmanuel Macron and randomly calls him, leaving France's leader confused as to why Trump has reached out.

A former national security official told Politico that Trump wants to talk to Macron "constantly," sometimes calling him for no particular reason.

"Macron would be like: 'Hey what are we talking about?' These are very busy people. You don't just call to check in," the official said. "The standard is you don't have your principal call unless you're asking for something or trying to reward a behavior, either a carrot or a stick. You don't just randomly call."

A White House official claimed Macron requested a majority of the calls with Trump.

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Trump reportedly has a 'bizarre' fascination with French President Emmanuel Macron and calls him for (Original Post) steve2470 Aug 2018 OP
Macron puts Trumpy on speaker phone and everyone in the French Cabinet tries to suppress laughter. FSogol Aug 2018 #1
he's too self-centered heaven05 Aug 2018 #2
To be the object of a "trump crush" must be truly awful. Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 #3
The horror Corvo Bianco Aug 2018 #4
He's had a crush on Macron ever since he saw that Bastille Day military parade. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #5
that... and the hand shakes. salin Aug 2018 #10
Do you know what the funniest thing about Europe is? mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #6
Please keep him on the line as long as possible. Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #7
I think he calls hoping Macron's wife will answer. GreatCaesarsGhost Aug 2018 #8
Macron should forward his calls to a call center in India dalton99a Aug 2018 #9
What, Emmanuel "Arnold Judas Rimmer" Macron? muriel_volestrangler Aug 2018 #11
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
2. he's too self-centered
Wed Aug 15, 2018, 12:49 PM
Aug 2018

this POS potus THINKS everything revolves around him. He woefully was mistaken. He blew that with him and his grifter family walking into 1600 that first day, stinking up the WH. What class we lost that day with this orange, racist, sexist, fascist disaster somehow able to ascend to the position he now shames.

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