WORLD LEADERS IN DISBELIEF: Brilliant French Visionary Solves Middle East Conflict By Erasing Hamxs From West Bank With Mind Power

Has the intelligence of gum

NEW YORK — French President Emmanuel Macron stunned the diplomatic world on Tuesday during his speech at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, where he courageously used the power of pure, unadulterated European sophistication to simply wish terrorism out of existence. Dolt.

Standing before the world's premier debating club for wealthy dictators, the French leader boldly unveiled a revolutionary geopolitical strategy: if you just pretend a ruthless terrorist organization does not exist in a specific geographic area, peace will instantly break out.

“Look at what is happening in the West Bank, where every day violations are committed. In whose name?” Macron asked the assembly, adjusting his impeccably tailored suit while presumably imagining a world where reality bends to French intellect. “Hamas has never operated in the West Bank!”

The groundbreaking declaration immediately sent shockwaves through Jerusalem, where Israeli leaders were forced to process the fact that decades of documented terrorist attacks, rocket caches, and intelligence reports were actually just a collective hallucination caused by a lack of fine wine and baguettes . . . unless Macron was either lying or is, what some Jewish people might call him, a schmuck.

Official sources in Jerusalem immediately pushed back against the French president's bold reality-warping experiment, pointing out that reality stubbornly exists regardless of what is said at a UN podium.

“The grotesque absurdity of Emmanuel Macron’s statement is staggering,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.

Israeli officials specifically referenced the tragic death of Netanel Shukrun, a French-Israeli citizen who was murdered earlier in the week in a terrorist attack that apparently occurred in a fictional dimension.

“On Sunday, the eve of Yom Kippur, just two days ago, Netanel Shukrun, a FRENCH CITIZEN and father of six, was murdered in his car by a Hamas terrorist in Judea and Samaria,” the Prime Minister’s Office said. [For those new to Israel geography, Judea and Samaria is what Arabs and their ilk call the West Bank.]

“With his final breath, he [Netanel] told his son to run.”

The Israeli government expressed deep frustration with Western leaders who insist on lecturing democratic nations about counterterrorism while operating with the historical awareness of a goldfish, or better still, a blowfish.

“Hamas terrorists carry out attacks against Jews almost every day,” the statement continued. “They have murdered countless Israeli civilians in Judea and Samaria.”

“Ignorance is NO EXCUSE for erasing their blood,” it concluded.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also jumped into the fray, taking to social media to offer a concise, direct peer-review of Macron's geopolitical thesis.

“President Macron is lying,” Smotrich wrote on X.

“This is just one attack out of hundreds of attacks led by Hamas, which fuels Arab terrorism in Judea and Samaria,” he added.

Undeterred by basic facts or recent events, Macron, ever the scumcrumpet, continued his passionate defense of moral clarity as defined by the French diplomatic core.

“What we need is respect for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, for their legitimate right to exist,” Macron said. “This is a necessary condition for the security of the people of Israel and for the very existence of their state, to which we are deeply committed.”

The French president went on to lecture Israel about its own national defense strategy, assuring the room that giving violent terrorists a sovereign state right next door is actually the best way to keep Israeli families safe.

“All those who claim that Israel’s security comes through violating the sovereignty of all its neighbors are making a fatal mistake,” Macron, a total liar said. “They are weakening Israel’s security.”

He also took time to scold critics who suggested that passing UN resolutions and issuing diplomatic statements might not actually stop armed militants who want to destroy the Jewish state.

“Last year, right here, there were about a dozen countries that recognized Palestine,” Macron said. “I hear the cynicism of some people: ‘Recognition on paper, look at the reality.’ But what is our credibility if we continue to remain inactive in the face of Gaza?”

At press time, French diplomats were reportedly working on Macron's next big UN address, which is slated to announce that ISIS was merely a performance art troupe and crime in Paris is completely solved because everyone agreed to stop talking about it.

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Bibi Netanyahu asserts that Macron is "standing with Hamas"

The latest diplomatic spat between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Emmanuel Macron is a stark reminder of the moral chasm that divides those who confront evil head-on and those who prefer the luxury of posturing from afar.

On Wednesday, the two leaders exchanged sharp condemnations over Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip, a blockade tightened after Hamas, those scumcrumpets of barbarism, scuttled a six-week ceasefire on March 2, refusing to extend it with further hostage releases. Israel’s response was to bar aid transfers to Gaza, a move it deems essential to squeeze the Islamist terror group. Predictably, this has drawn the ire of certain Western leaders, none more vocal than Macron, whose sanctimonious pronouncements have become a tiresome feature of his presidency. 

It seems that Israel is the only country in the world where once attacked, they should not attack back so hard. Must Israel kill the same number of terrorists, kidnap the same number, mutilate, burn, torture the same number of Gazan civilians as Hamas, et al, did on October 7, 2023? The world loves dead Jews and hates us when we fight back, especially when we're winning.

Macron, garbage human that he is, is never one to miss an opportunity for grandstanding. He unleashed a tirade against Israel, singling out Netanyahu with a venom that betrays more than a hint of personal animus. “What the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is doing is unacceptable,” he declared on TF1, his voice dripping with the self-righteous indignation of a man who has never faced an existential threat.

“There is no water, no medicine, the wounded cannot get out, the doctors cannot get in. What he is doing is shameful.” Think about this: what country on earth is expected to feed the enemy? Did England do that after they bombed Dresden in WW2? Did we do it after we dropped the big bombs on Japan? The West had intentionally killed civilians to end the war, while Israel bends over backwards not to kill civilians because like Hebrew National hotdogs, they must live up to a higher standard.

Not content with this, Macron called on the Trump administration to wield its influence—read: American weapons—to force Israel to relent. “We need the United States. President Trump has the levers. I have had tough words with Prime Minister Netanyahu. I got angry, but they don’t depend on us; they depend on American weapons.” 

One can almost hear the Gallic shrug, as if the complexities of a multi-front war could be reduced to a transatlantic arm-twist. Where was he when the United States saved France from the Germans? Oh, yes, he wasn't born then so it didn't happen.

Netanyahu, to his credit, did not mince words in return. “Macron has once again chosen to stand with a murderous Islamist terrorist organization and echo its despicable propaganda, accusing Israel of blood libels,” he fired back in a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. 

And of course Bibi isn't wrong. 

Israel, let us not forget, is fighting for its survival after the unspeakable atrocities of October 7, when Hamas butchered and kidnapped scores, including French nationals. “Instead of supporting the Western democratic camp fighting the Islamist terrorist organizations and calling for the release of the hostages, Macron is once again demanding that Israel surrender and reward terrorism,” Netanyahu’s statement continued. “Israel will not stop and will not surrender.” 

Nor should it. To do so would be to capitulate not just to Hamas but to the very ideology that seeks to annihilate the Jewish state and, make no mistake, the civilized world beyond.

And yes, they'll be coming for Christians too and then the gays, atheists, and all who don't pray to the pagan Mecca stone.

This is not the first time Macron has indulged in such moral equivocation. Just a month ago, he took to Twitter—sorry, X—to proclaim France’s position: “Yes to peace. Yes to Israel’s security. Yes to a Palestinian state without Hamas.” 

The naivety is breathtaking, as if a Palestinian state could simply materialize without the taint of terror, and as if Hamas’s removal could be achieved by fiat rather than force. Netanyahu rightly called this “severely mistaken,” warning Macron in a phone call that such a state would be nothing less than a reward for the October 7 savagery. 

Less diplomatically, Yair Netanyahu, Bibi's son, took to X with a blistering retort: “Screw you! Yes to independence of New Caledonia! Yes to independence to French Polynesia! Yes to independence of Corsica! Yes to independence of the Basque Country! Yes to independence of French Guinea! Stop the neo imperialism of France in West Africa!” 

Crude, perhaps, but it exposes the blatant hypocrisy of a garbage French president who lectures Israel on sovereignty while clinging to France’s own colonial relics.

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What we see here is a familiar pattern: a European leader, insulated by geography and history, casting judgment on a nation under siege. Macron’s words are not just misguided; they are dangerous, lending succor to those who would see Israel erased. 

Netanyahu’s resolve, by contrast, is the bulwark of a nation that knows the cost of weakness. In this clash of worldviews, the choice is clear: stand with the defenders of civilization or with those who, wittingly or not, abet its enemies. 

Macron has made his clear anti-Semitic choice. Let us hope others choose more wisely.

Am Yisrael Chai!

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IDF strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire: anti-Semites fume

 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) just dropped a hammer on Beirut, lighting up a Hezbollah hotspot in the Lebanese capital. This was the first time they’ve blitzed that town since a truce shut down over a year of slugging it out with the Iran-backed crew.

 
Israel’s war machine rolled into action Friday, zeroing in on a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs—a retaliation punch, they say, for rockets raining down from their northern neighbor. The IDF’s got their story straight: they were hunting a Hezbollah drone stash. Lebanon’s National News Agency backed it up, reporting, “Israeli warplanes struck the Hadath neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs.” 

Meanwhile, Israel kept the heat on, pounding Hezbollah targets down in southern Lebanon like they’re settling an old score.

Over in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron wasn’t having it. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, he called the Beirut strike “unacceptable,” growling that it’s the kind of move that “plays into the hands of Hezbollah.” He's obviously stupid or a terrorist sympathizer.

France, part of the ceasefire watchdog crew, is clearly itching to keep this powder keg from blowing sky-high again.

 
But Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz isn't backing down. He’s pointing the finger square at Lebanon’s government, saying they’re on the hook for this mess. His warning? “If there is no quiet in Kiryat Shmona and the Galilee communities, there will be no quiet in Beirut either.” Straight-up, no-chill vibes. 

The UN’s Lebanon point person, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, chimed in too, calling Friday’s cross-border fireworks “deeply concerning.” You can almost hear the collective groan—here we go again.

Hezbollah, though? They’re playing the “not me” card. 

The terrorist group denied any hand in Friday’s rocket show—or last Saturday’s, for that matter. They’re swearing up and down they’re still cool with the November ceasefire, the one that was supposed to cap off months of bloody chaos with Israel. And if you believe that, you might think chickens have lips.

Flashback: the group started lobbing rockets and shells Israel’s way right after Hamas kicked off their October 7, 2023, terror spree. That lit the fuse for all-out war—Israel hit back hard, turning Beirut into a punching bag and rolling tanks across the line. This, of course, pissed off the anti-Semite communities in Europe and the USA.

 
The truce deal was the off-ramp: Lebanese troops beefing up the south, Hezbollah pulling its fighters and toys out, and Israel easing back a bit. But with bombs dropping again, it’s looking like that ceasefire’s hanging by a damn thread. Stay tuned—this ain’t over.

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French gov't collapses as PM gets no confidence vote

The French government collapsed on Wednesday as the lower house of parliament voted to remove Prime Minister Michel Barnier, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The French National Assembly has voted to pass a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier, garnering 331 votes, well over the required 288. This has compelled Barnier and his cabinet to resign. The vote was spurred by significant opposition to Barnier's budget austerity measures aimed at tackling the country's escalating deficits.

In an Assembly where no single party holds a majority, opposition groups united to oust Barnier, arguing that his policies imposed harsh austerity and ignored public needs, according to the Associated Press.

This vote has marked Barnier as the shortest-serving prime minister in France's modern history. Now, President Emmanuel Macron faces the task of appointing a new prime minister to ensure the continuation of legislative processes, including the critical approval of the 2025 budget.

Barnier's ousting comes after months of protests across France, with many citizens and political figures criticizing Macron for his method of appointing Barnier in a surprise snap election in September, as reported by France 24. Barnier had previously survived a similar no confidence motion in October.

Ahead of Wednesday's vote, Barnier, in a national television appeal, urged lawmakers to act with "responsibility" and prioritize "the country’s best interest."

"The situation is very difficult economically, socially, fiscally, and financially," Barnier declared on Tuesday. "If the no confidence motion passes, everything will be more difficult and everything will be more serious."

President Macron, who has insisted he will serve out his term until 2027, is facing mounting pressure from an increasing number of lawmakers calling for his resignation.

Right-wing leader Marine Le Pen, in a speech before the vote, accused Macron of being willing to "sacrifice the fate of France because of his vanity."

"Emmanuel Macron has attacked the foundation walls of the nation for the past seven years," Le Pen stated. "He alone can pull the country out of the rut it’s in [with his resignation]."

Éric Coquerel, who leads the National Assembly’s finance committee and represents the left-wing New Popular Front, urged Macron to "listen to the calls for his resignation growing from all sides."

"Today we are voting to censure your government, but more than anything else, we are sounding the death knell of a mandate: that of the president," Coquerel said.

The last instance where the National Assembly successfully toppled a prime minister was in 1962, during the tumultuous period of Algeria’s fight for independence and an assassination attempt on then-president Charles de Gaulle.

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Biden officials want him to give Hamas a break and have Israel stop winning

About four hundred Hamas supporters from 40 US government departments and agencies within alleged President Biden's administration signed a letter supporting and demanding that Israel, who is winning the war with Hamas, stop winning and cease fire. 

The letter comes after Hamas, a terrorist organization, mercilessly and sadistically slaughtered 1,400 Israelis in an unprovoked sneak attack on October 7th. 

The New York Times first reported the Tuesday letter that includes State Department officials, the Justice Department, and the National Security Council (the latter being an oxymoron since Israel is our closest Middle East ally that is strategic to our national security).

Those who signed onto the letter remained anonymous due to their lack of political courage.

"We call on President Biden to urgently demand a cease-fire; and to call for de-escalation of the current conflict by securing the immediate release of the Israeli hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians; the restoration of water, fuel, electricity and other basic services; and the passage of adequate humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip," the anonymous letter reads, in part.

Who the hell is he to demand a cease-fire by a nation that was attacked and is now winning the war? If Israel agrees to a cease-fire, they would be agreeing to handing over a win for Hamas and anti-Semites everywhere. Their goal is to make Israel safe from those who want to destroy it and all of the Jews there and everywhere. They say it and we can believe it.

Biden along with other Western leaders have pushed back on calls for Israel to lose and for now, the White House has not responded to the anonymous letter.

However, France's President Emmanuel Macron is the only Western leader to call on Israel to implement a cease-fire, but after being pressured by people who don't want Israel's destruction, he then clarified his remarks on Monday and said that he thinks Israel has a right to defend itself.

It's obvious to anyone who supports Israel, that now is not the time to back off if the Jewish State is to prevent further terrorist incursions by anti-Semitic barbarians. 

Ask yourself, why didn't the U.S. ask Iraq to cease fire in the Ba'athist-Iraq war that saw anywhere between 109,032 to 650,726 casualties, or during the Shia insurgency in Yemen with 8,500 to 25,000 casualties, just to name a few?

The answer is because it didn't involve Israel, just like all the other wars and terrorism in the Middle East. It's only when it involves the Jews that American anti-Semites speak out on behalf of terrorists. 

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Here's the skinny on American attitudes re: Israel-Hamas war and DAY 18 of Israel-Hamas War

Make no mistake about how these terrorists think

If the Jews left Palestine to us, would we start loving them? Of course not. ...

They would have been enemies even if they did not occupy a thing. ... Our fighting with the Jews is eternal, and it will not end . .. until not a single Jew remains on the face of the Earth. ... As for you Jews, the Curse of Allah upon you, you pigs of the earth!

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Yaqoub, Al-Rahma TV, 17 January 2009

First some facts from recent polling.

1. A majority of Muslim Americans are pro Hamas. 

2. 58% of Muslim Americans have a positive view of Hamas and a majority disagree that Israel should invade Gaza. 

3. A Wall Street Journal 2022 poll indicated that 75% of Americans have a positive view of Israeli people, and 51% have a positive view of Palestinian people. 

4. People under 30 do not support Israel in the war against Hamas terrorists as seen in a Harvard-Harris poll.  

5. When asked: "Do you think the Hamas killing of 1,200 Israeli civilians in Israel can be justified by the grievances of Palestinians or is not justified?" the Harvard-Harris poll revealed the following results: 

a) 91% of responders over 65 say it is not justified. 

b) 48% of 25-34 responders say Hamas was justified. 

c) 51% of responders ages 18-24 say it was justified for Hamas to have murdered 1,200 Israelis. 

6. Most disturbing was the answer to the question: "Do you think the attacks on the Jews was genocide or not?" fully 62% of the 18-24 agree that it is genocide, and remember, 51% of these butt munchers said the attack on Israelis was justified.
 

This is proof that moral morons ignore what started the war and the history of Israel and the Jews. It's obvious that anti-Zionists are anti-Semites in drag.

If you call for a cease fire now, you are calling for Hamas getting away with anti-Semitic terrorism.

Day 18:

Two elderly women were released by Hamas for propaganda purposes--their husbands remain hostage--but Hamas would like the world to believe that they are decent caring people.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Israel a met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog pledging his support of Israel, in spite of the vast opposition of Israel in France. He will also meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Macron had also met with families of Israeli hostages. 

President Biden, who is on vacation again, spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Drone images have shown that Hamas has plenty of fuel for their military purposes but claims they do not and is asking for fuel for Gaza. Is there any doubt that they will keep the fuel and medicine for themselves?

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, was one of the hostages released and spoke about her horrible ordeal, going through the tunnels, how Hamas terrorists beat her as they kidnapped her on a motorbike and how about 25 hostages were also kept in her area. She explained, "I went through hell." 

Mrs. Lifshitz's husband used to drive Palestinian children to Israeli hospitals for medical treatment. He is still being held captive. How scummy of Hamas to have separated them.*

Final thought: Israel cannot stop pursuing the total destruction of Hamas once the hostage situation ends [one way or another]. These are evil people who hate in the name of Islam and who strive to create a world caliphate.

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Kamala Harris plays "Who's the Boss?"

"I did it my waaaaay"

Vice President by default, Kamala Harris is doing yeoman's work, or at least Biden's work, of dealing with foreign relations, She has called foreign leaders without President Biden and is increasingly showing us who's the boss.

A Monday White House readout shows that Harris took a call from French President Emmanuel Macron and "expressed her commitment to strengthening bilateral ties."

Not Biden's commitment; hers. Is Biden so brain-compromised that he is incapable of handling his job?

"Vice President Harris and President Macron agreed on the need for close bilateral and multilateral cooperation to address COVID-19, climate change, and support democracy at home and around the world," the White House statement read. "They also discussed numerous regional challenges, including those in the Middle East and Africa, and the need to confront them together."

The president put a call into Macron last month, on Jan. 24th, and discussed "ovslivobinofilasterzap, I'm not joking," the President said off TelePrompter, as CNN and MSNBC 'reporters' nodded their approval.

Although Biden as Vice President didn't have the opportunity to work with Macron as he got elected in 2017, but that shouldn't have been a reason for Biden not to have reached out to him. 

But let's not pretend that Biden has the same mental edge now that he had in the past, even though at that time, he wasn't much better in the cerebrum department. While Trump made history in his foreign policies, and not getting us into any wars, Biden made history by being the oldest president ever to get elected at age 78.

And in the foreign policy department, Biden came under scrutiny for not reaching out to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That should come as no surprise, however, as the Democrats have flagrant anti-Semites in their party in the names of Reps. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and others who refuse to stand by our ally, the Jewish state of Israel.

On Tuesday when asked about the Netanyahu snub White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the call would happen "soon," but would have to circle back to pinpoint an exact date.

Biden called left-leaning Canadian Prime Minister Justin "Pretty Boy" Trudeau and Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador the week he was inaugurated.

Harris also held a standalone call with Trudeau shortly after Biden to discuss real issues Biden couldn't clearly grasp.

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Macron AWOL as France protests

French President Emmanuel Macron is nowhere to be found. He isn't hiding in the closet nor is he under the stairs curled up in a ball. But he is definitely not around as the government tries to calm the storm that began, in large part, due to his hike in gas taxes meant to deal with climate change.

Macron pirouetted into power last year, having emerged out of nowhere less than a year earlier. Hawking his brand of centrism, he sold himself to the world as a spokesman for multilateralism and internationalism against a nationalist wave moving through Europe.

Although he has been a public regular, including the UN and the U.S. Congress,  his absence this week has been conspicuous.

It's as if he is cowardly choosing to keep away from the exposure and scrutiny as his government tries to deal with the issues being protested by the “yellow jacket” protesters who have protested and even rioted in cities over France in recent weeks.

Macron stood firm initially on the tax hikes. He claimed they were necessary to combat climate change and France’s reliance on oil, which is a load of malarkey.  But on Wednesday, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that the government was scrapping the tax hike altogether. 

A government spokesman also suggested on French radio that a wealth tax that Macron ended last year could be re-introduced, in order to get the wealthy to pay everyone else's fair share.

An additional 89,000 cops and law enforcement personnel had been mobilized before Saturday to quell planned protests, and of these, 8,000 have been assigned to Paris, where the government shut down the Eiffel Tower for now as the protests don't seem to be slowing down in spite of government efforts.

But as ministers flash dance to prepare for the worst, Macron has been neither seen nor heard. His political opponents have taken advantage of his absence. 

Marine Le Pen, Macron's right-wing 2017 presidential election rival, urged Macron on Wednesday to meet with the protesters before Saturday.

"Do not hide at the Elysee, do not ask others to do what the French expect of you, listen to them, hear them before Saturday," Le Pen told reporters.

“Is Macron still in Argentina? He must surely have an opinion,” left-wing 2017 presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon tweeted, alluding to Macron’s recent visit to the G20 summit in Buenos Aires.

According to Reuters,  Macron plans to address the nation early next week if he doesn't chicken out. 

The Associated Press reported Friday that the French President spent all week holding closed-door meetings in the Elysee Palace, with his office, and announced that he would not speak before Saturday’s protests.

Although the government has scrapped the gas tax, the protests have morphed into a broader protest against Macron’s presidency because protesters need something to keep them happy, which is an angry protest. Macron's approval rating was 23 percent days ago and has fallen  as low as 18 percent, according to one poll.

On Friday, hundreds of students in Paris took to the streets a day early as a preview of Saturday’s protests after footage emerged of students on their knees in front of police with hands tied.

The students in Paris climbed on the statue of Marianne, representing liberty and reason, with some also defacing the monument with anti-Macron slogans. It looked like an ISIS fest of destruction.

Tourists are advised to stay away from the protest and avoid central Paris in general and angry protesters in particular.


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Yellow Vests beat Macron--he cancels fuel tax hike

The Paris riots were the worst since 2005. The French love to riot, they love to revolt--some describe the French being like Italians, but angry.

French President Emmanuel Macron has canceled the fuel tax hike in total. Yesterday he was planning to delay it for six months, but the people he is supposed to represent wouldn't have it, so he flushed it down the commode in fear of further protests.

According to Fox News, an official with the Elysee Palace confirmed with the AP on Wednesday that President Macron chucked the tax completely. France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe confirmed to lawmakers that the tax will not be included in the 2019 budget.

Can I get a "trѐs bien"?

But the "yellow vest" protesters have still promised to stage demonstrations alongside trade unions and farmers. It gives them something to do when it isn't about fuel costs.

Jacline Mouraud, the self-proclaimed spokesperson for the "yellow vests," told The Associated Press that Macron's move "is on the right path but in my opinion it will not fundamentally change the movement." This is because if the "yellow vests" have nothing to protest, Mouraud will no longer be their spokesperson as they will disband, go home and "make zee amour."

Mouraud told protesters to seize on Macron's weakness and demand other perks, such as a minimum wage hike. More protests are expected to come on Saturday, reports Fox News.

So they apparently don't want to, or know how to, let well enough alone.

It is absolutely imperative to understand that the fuel tax hike was supposed to be implemented to magically combat climate change.

Macron's recent efforts to combat "climate change" and reduce France's dependence on "fossil fuels" by levying a new tax on gasoline and other household fuels is not the only reason the French are protesting, but this latest fuel tax is the "straw that broke the camel's back." [Am I allowed to say that, PETA? How about "the straw they put in the camel's snack"?]

 French citizens were already hit with a tax increase in January, and more than 60% of the cost of fuel in France comes from government fees.

But if you ask CNN or CBS, they scratch their collective leftist heads and believe the riots are shrouded in mystery.

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French TV twit tell Trump to f**k off

President Trump received a lion's share of negative vibes while in France even though he spent less than two days there.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that a "true European army" should be formed to protect itself from Russia, China and the United States. That didn't sit well with President Trump, as well it shouldn't. For generations, the USA has been protecting the frogs from evil empires and this is the thanks we get?

True to form, President Trump took to Twitter to tweet:

"President Macron of France has just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the U.S., China and Russia. Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO, which the U.S. subsidizes greatly!"

Then during events marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, POTUS was forced to cancel a visit to the American cemetery at Belleau due to bad weather.

Then a few topless women from Femen skirted security along the Champs-Elysees Avenue and ran into the route of Trump's passing motorcade flashing their breasts and shouting "fake peace maker" as the limos passed the U.S. ambassador's residence near the Arc de Triomphe where a gaggle of world leaders stood to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day.

But the absolute worst thing to be demonstrated against President Trump came from a French TV host Yann Barthès. He aired a clip on his "Quotidien" show which showed Trump making funny faces and doing silly voices. Then he told his viewers where they could go to watch Fox News.

At the end of the segment, Barthès looks into the camera and addresses Trump and says: "Trump go f**k yourself; you are not welcome in this country.

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Trump brushes 'dandruff' from Macron's shoulder

President Trump paused as he spoke to reporters as he stood next to French President Emmanuel Macron and brushed an invisible speck of dandruff off his counterpart's shoulder, saying that Macron needed to look "perfect."

The move brought back memories from when as a teenager, my friend Phil's older brother made a public display of greeting me by tapping my cheek with a fairly soft slap while asking me, "How are you doing, Bobby?"

I never liked the sobriquet, Bobby, and even more, I hated the dominant slap. It didn't hurt at all, but it was Jimmy's way of getting the upper hand, showing everyone around he was boss, cool, not the anal sphincter most people thought him to be. 

He never slapped me hard enough to start a scuffle, but it came close a few times.

Macron smiled without comment while Trump told the media that reports of the US's "special" relationship with France wasn't "fake news," then turned to the President of France and removed a make-believe speck of dandruff from his suit.

It was rude and it made me angry.

"They're all saying what a great relationship we have, and they're actually correct. It's not fake news. Finally, it's not fake news. [Trump repeats everything he says at least once]. It's a great honor, a great honor [see] that you're here, in fact I'll get that little piece of dandruff, that little piece," Trump said, laughing out loud.

"We have to make him perfect. He is perfect. So it's really great to be with you, and you are a special friend. Thank you," Trump said and shook Macron's hand.

Trump and Macron have had awkward physical contacts in the past, most famously, the aggressive handshake ahead of a NATO summit in Brussels last year.

Macron told reporters afterward that Trump's gesture "wasn't innocent." However, he didn't criticize Trump any further.

"One must show that you won't make small concessions, even symbolic ones, but also not over-publicize things, either," he told Le Journal du Dimanche in May. 

Trés  bien.

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Trump slams media and blames Lynch for Russian lawyer situation

It isn't every day that President Trump slams the media--who am I kidding?

Trump lashed out at the media and Obama administration Thursday regarding barrage of criticism for Donald Trump Jr. is getting for the 2016 meeting he took with a Russian lawyer who he was led to believe had damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

Trump addressed this issue at a joint news conference he and French President Emmanuel Macron shared. The first question Trump received asked about this to which he said that the media are making "a very big deal over something that really a lot of people would do."

He then spoke about Obama's AG Loretta "Tarmac" Lynch, saying he'd "heard" Lynch was the one to approve the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya's visa.

This reference was over reports that Lynch signed off on granting Veselnitskaya a special "parole" to be in the United States, since she had previously been denied a visa.

However, it isn't clear whether she had permission to be int the US at the time of the June 2016 meeting.

"Somebody said that her visa or her passport to come into the country was approved by Attorney General Lynch, now maybe that's wrong, I just heard that a little while ago . . . [that] she was here because of Lynch."

Sometimes President Trump makes it sound like he gets his information while doing clothes at the Laundromat. 

Like a good father, Trump Sr. defended Trump Jr. against criticism.

"My son is a wonderful young man. He took a meeting with a Russian lawyer, not a government lawyer but a Russian lawyer," Trump said in that extremely very, very redundant way he has. 

"From a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting; it's called opposition research or research into your opponent," he said.

The Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley said that Trump Jr. will be called to testify amid Russian meddling investigations over last year's election. 

He said he wants him to testify "pretty soon," and it might be as early as next week. He said that he would be willing to issue a subpoena if he refused to appear, but that isn't likely.


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