[asneditor]

So what exactly did W tell the reporter?

[July 4th]

The reporter asked his question in English, and then asked in French for Chirac to answer the same question. Bush joked at the reporter along the lines of 'hey, nice job learning those four words. I guess that make you international now.'

[nravoter]

So what exactly did W tell the reporter?

The reporter (familiar face, don't remember the name, from CNN, I believe) asked Bush about the protesters, then said a few words to Chirac in French (Bush had been remarking that Chirac wasn't getting any questions). Bush said something like "Wow, the guy memorizes four words and thinks he's intercontinental.".

He managed to make it sound like a rebuke and good-natured ribbing at the same time--pretty good delivery on W's part.