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Related: About this forum"Hearing smack-talk from the Frenchman 31 years his junior irritated and bewildered Trump, aides sai
"Hearing smack-talk from the Frenchman 31 years his junior irritated and bewildered Trump, aides said."
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Source: Washington Post
Inside Trumps climate decision: After fiery debate, he stayed where hes always been
By Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Michael Birnbaum June 1 at 8:45 PM
The pressure on President Trump to remain in the Paris climate accord came from all sides.
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If he needed a nudge, though, one came from France over the weekend. Macron was quoted in a French journal talking about his white-knuckled handshake with Trump at their first meeting in Brussels, where the newly elected French president gripped Trumps hand tightly and would not let go for six long seconds in a show of alpha-male fortitude.
My handshake was not innocent, Macron said. He likened Trump to a pair of authoritarian strongmen Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and said that he was purposefully forceful because he believed his encounter with Trump was a moment of truth.
Hearing smack-talk from the Frenchman 31 years his junior irritated and bewildered Trump, aides said.
A few days later, Trump got his revenge. He proclaimed from the Rose Garden, I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.
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By Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Michael Birnbaum June 1 at 8:45 PM
The pressure on President Trump to remain in the Paris climate accord came from all sides.
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If he needed a nudge, though, one came from France over the weekend. Macron was quoted in a French journal talking about his white-knuckled handshake with Trump at their first meeting in Brussels, where the newly elected French president gripped Trumps hand tightly and would not let go for six long seconds in a show of alpha-male fortitude.
My handshake was not innocent, Macron said. He likened Trump to a pair of authoritarian strongmen Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and said that he was purposefully forceful because he believed his encounter with Trump was a moment of truth.
Hearing smack-talk from the Frenchman 31 years his junior irritated and bewildered Trump, aides said.
A few days later, Trump got his revenge. He proclaimed from the Rose Garden, I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-climate-decision-after-fiery-debate-he-stayed-where-hes-always-been/2017/06/01/e4acb27e-46db-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html
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"Hearing smack-talk from the Frenchman 31 years his junior irritated and bewildered Trump, aides sai (Original Post)
Eugene
Jun 2017
OP
great - he uses our future as a stick to defend his fragile ego. Such an asshat. n/t
CincyDem
Jun 2017
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MFM008
(19,823 posts)1. Well that shows him......
Now Macron is the leader of the free world and maggot has made himself and us irrelevant.
CincyDem
(6,407 posts)2. great - he uses our future as a stick to defend his fragile ego. Such an asshat. n/t
VigilantG
(374 posts)3. "A few days later, Trump got his revenge"...
Proclaiming YOU represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.
Lmfao!
Some revenge, Trumputin!
Pittsburgh did NOT vote for you. They voted for Hilary Rodham Clinton, you loser Trumputin! But glad you got your revenge on the strong, honorable, likable President Macron, a REAL leader.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)4. and Paris rejoices in that knowledge n/t