Macron trolls Trump, again
The French president promised to ‘make our planet great again.’
By SAIM SAEED
French President Emmanuel Macron used Donald Trump’s own catchphrase to take a dig at the U.S. president’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
In a statement late Thursday and a visual tweet on Friday, Macron urged the world to “Make our planet great again.”
The French president also repeated a call he made during his election campaign inviting American scientists to move to France to work on climate change.
“This evening, the United States turned its back on the world,” Macron said on Thursday. “But France will not turn its back on the Americans.”
Macron is building a reputation as a global strongman, and it’s not the first time Trump has fallen foul of his macho antics.
During last week’s NATO meeting, Macron squeezed the U.S. president’s hand so tightly, media reported the mens’ “knuckles turned white.” He then refused to let go even when Trump tried to pull back. At the same meeting, Macron appeared to deliberately snub Trump, swerving away from him to embrace German Chancellor Angela Merkel instead.
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