Posted on 07/13/2017 10:19:10 AM PDT by Olog-hai
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday it is “obvious and indispensable” to have exchanges with U.S. President Donald Trump as the two leaders were set to meet to try to push past major differences and find common ground on security, defense and other issues.
Macron spoke at a news conference following a meeting in Paris with German Chancellor Angela Merkel who, like Macron, was deeply disappointed in Trump’s recent decision to withdraw the U.S. from a global agreement to combat climate change. […]
Merkel said during a joint appearance with Macron that it’s important to keep talking with Trump even where the differences are clear. She said last week’s summit showed that common ground exists, for example, on fighting terrorism, but that “we also had to name clear differences, for instance regrettably the difference on whether we need the Paris climate accord or not.”
She added: “We did not paper over these differences, but nevertheless contact, the ability to speak is of course important.”
Macron said Germany and France agree on the importance of close ties with the United States, despite the differences. …
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They will have to get over the fact that Trump is changing American policy from Obama and is now putting America first and not surrendering to Germany or France. They’ll eventually get used to it.
PJ boy
I noticed just as the presser was about over a voice said...”and now a question from an American”.
Trump may have waved it off because a Chinese guy popped up to ask a question.
....Chancellor Angela Merkel who, like Macron, was deeply disappointed in Trump’s recent decision to withdraw the U.S. from a global agreement to combat climate change. […]
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Translation: Trump took free money out of the equation, so now the European elite will not have the US to subsidize their luxurious lifestyles.
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The New Vichy’s Roman god deigns to meet with deplorable leader Trump.
Trump can’t talk with the French. That would be collusion!
President Trump needs to tell Macron “Next time, Germany gets to KEEP you!”
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