Trump relishes in casting France’s Macron as new bad boy of NATO

over 4 years in Roll Call

Casting Emmanuel Macron as the bad boy of NATO, President Donald Trump kicked off a two-day alliance meeting by sounding off on everything from the French president’s “insulting” comments to impeachment to a possible Mike Pompeo Senate bid to an ally’s crucial elections and beyond.
During a vintage Trump 50-minute gaggle with reporters during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the U.S. leaders appeared to revel in putting heat on Macron as their relationship continued to sour. Unprompted by reporters, he dinged Macron over his country’s unemployment rate and sputtering economy and offering something of a warning to France as he — in a complete 180-degree shift — became the alliance’s defender.

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