He whines a lot about fairness. It's hard to believe he never got his fair share as a child, but what else keeps him harping on that theme?The US and French presidents worked to project unity of opinion over whether Europe should create an army of its own, but their meeting got off to a fractious start.
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Trump responded to his host as he arrived in France late on Friday, by tweeting that Europe should pay “its fair share of Nato”.
Macron’s office said Trump had misunderstood the French president’s comments. The leaders met on Saturday at the Élysée Palace and, asked about the tweet, Trump said Macron should “understand that the United States can only do so much,” adding that the US wanted to help. Trump said he and Macron were “getting along from the standpoint of fairness”.
The Guardian
No doubt Trump got his information from Fox News.An official in Macron’s office said Trump had combined two different comments by the French president, and that the comments would be on the table for Saturday’s meeting. Macron said in an interview earlier this week that Europe needed to protect itself against “China, Russia and even the United States” in terms of cyberspace. Later, Macron reiterated that Europe needed to build up its own military because it could no longer depend on the US for defence.
Clever lad.Macron said: “I do share President Trump’s views that we need a much better burden sharing with Nato and that’s why I do believe that my proposal for a European defence [is] utterly consistent with that.”
Way to play him. So sad one has to.In comment before the leaders went behind closed doors for talks, Macron referred to Trump as “my good friend”.
You know he's jealous of Macron. Just look at that setting. There are no gold walls at the White House.
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