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During Donald Trump’s first meeting with NATO allies at the summit in Brussels this week, Trump finally met new French president Emmanuel Macron.
But he had to wait a bit.
In a video shared on Macron’s Twitter feed, you can see Macron approaching the gaggle of world leaders, apparently making a beeline for Trump. But then at the last second, Macron veers away from Trump and gives a big hug to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
When Macron finally got to Trump, Trump tried his bizarre shake-and-grab handshake he uses to dominate people. Macron was ready for him, and simply yanked back, hard!
As an aside, Trump reportedly told Macron that he always wanted Macron to win, which is a lie. In the weeks before the election, Trump publicly tweeted his support for French far-right extremist Marine Le Pen.
The summit overall was yet another disaster for Trump. While previously in Saudi Arabia, Trump told the Saudis that now was not the time to judge allies. But with NATO — our closest allies — Trump judged, a lot. In addition to chastising our allies for not spending enough on their defense, Trump refused to publicly endorse Article 5 of the NATO charter, in which every member of NATO pledges to come to the aid of other members who are attacked.
During the campaign, Trump had said that if Russia invaded a NATO ally he wouldn’t necessarily come to their defense. Weakening NATO has been a Soviet and Russian goal since NATO’s inception. Trump is the first American president to agree with our enemies.
Trump even told a German newspaper that he plans to force Americans to stop buying German cars. That should be interesting.
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