Emmanuel Macron

Anti-France sentiment has continued to grow and spread across the globe as South Asian Muslims flooded the streets to torch an effigy of French President Emmanuel Macron. The 42-year-old leader has faced backlash after he defended the media’s right to publish satirical cartoons of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. According to France 24, huge crowds in […]

President Donald Trump reportedly blamed French President Emmanuel Macron for allegedly leaking their private conversations, according to former National Security Adviser John Bolton. Bolton made the claims in his upcoming book, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir. The book’s scheduled release date is June 23. As reported by Business Insider, Bolton claimed […]

After weeks of anti-government protests — speared by the “yellow vests” — the French government decided to shelve a plan to reform its pension plan. As reported by The New York Times, the government, led by President Emmanuel Macron, announced on Saturday that would withdraw the proposal that would have raised the retirement age by […]

On Tuesday, a video leaked showing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apparently mocking Donald Trump. When asked if he had any opinion about the footage, the American president called Trudeau “two-faced” before quickly amending his comments to say that he was also a “nice guy.” Trump was appearing at a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor […]

Donald Trump was scheduled to hold a closing press conference at the end of his time at the NATO summit on Tuesday, but the president made a last-minute announcement that he was canceling the event because he had already done several others over the two days that he was there. But some people questioned the […]

President Donald Trump has made no secret of his animosity toward NATO, the 70-year-old North Atlantic Treaty Alliance. Trump has dismissed the alliance as “obsolete” and has reportedly told aides privately that he wants the United States to withdraw from NATO. But, Trump made a statement today that appeared to endorse NATO after all. That […]

President Donald Trump blasted French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday at an event planned to promote unity, according to a report from The Los Angeles Times. At a NATO event in London on Tuesday, the American president reportedly took issue with some of Macron’s past comments, calling them “very very nasty” and “very disrespectful,” according […]

Singer Elton John and French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Elysee Palace holding hands in order for the “Rocket Man” singer to receive France’s top civilian honor. The Daily Mail says that Elton John’s husband, David Furnish, 56, and Macron’s wife, Brigitte, 66, watched as the musician was given the prestigious Legion d’Honneur in […]

Less than a week after it hit the media that the “friendship tree” given to Donald and Melania Trump by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte had died, the leader of France has vowed to replace it. The Daily Beast reports that Macron is asking that people not read too much into the […]

A symbolic oak tree given last year by French President Emmanuel Macron to United States President Donald Trump has died and been removed from the White House grounds, The Guardian reports. Macron gave the gift to Trump during a state visit to the U.S. last year, saying at the time that the young tree would […]

After sustaining damage from a fire in April and losing its spire and most of the roof — leaving it at risk of complete collapse, as The Inquisitr reported — the Notre Dame Cathedral is now in the hands of a restoration team that is currently in the middle of discussing how to proceed. According […]

Although France has set a bar high with its plans to rebuild Notre Dame before the Olympic Games in 2024, experts are urging President Emmanual Macron to call off the deadline and work on the reconstruction “without haste.” Macron previously made a televised address in which he promised to restore the cathedral in just five […]

France is set to host an international architecture contest to help rebuild the spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral following the devastating fire that engulfed the Parisian landmark on Monday. The fire that began at the 93-meter spire’s base ravaged through until it collapsed and ended up spreading the flames to the cathedral’s ribbed roof, […]

Reportedly, Donald Trump is not a big fan of history. During a trip to Mount Vernon last year where he was accompanied by French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump expressed surprise at America’s first President George Washington not naming the historic property after himself, according to Politico. Three sources familiar with the tour told the publication […]

U.K. Prime Minister, Theresa May, will ask for a short extension on article 50 during her travels to Paris and Berlin, according to The Guardian. May intends to meet with French President, Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, before an emergency European Union (EU) summit on April 10 where she will be asking for […]

French police arrested a prominent Yellow Vest movement leader in Paris on Wednesday night, according to the New York Times. Eric Drouet, a 33-year-old truck driver, was picked up by riot police by the Champs-Élysées and charged with organizing an undeclared demonstration, a crime that could bring up to six months in jail and fines […]

Violence erupted across France a number of weeks ago, with the protests firing up originally over the rising cost of fuel in the country. But despite the prices being dropped again, the riots have only escalated, with violence and vandalism running rife as other concerns of the French people rose to the fore. Now President […]

French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump got along well during Macron’s state visit to the United States. Things went downhill after that, though, and last month, at the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, he sharply criticized Trump’s “America First” policies. Business Insider reported that on November 11, Macron said […]

The G20 Summit is underway in Argentina, and it’s been an uncomfortable affair for numerous world leaders — particularly for French President Emmanuel Macron. While the focus of the summit is ostensibly on international trade, economics, and market growth, recent world events have shifted the focus dramatically. Instead, leaders from across the world are weighing […]

On Tuesday morning U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted up a storm, this time with his vitriol aimed at French President Emmanuel Macron and the politics in the European nation. Among his messages, he criticized France’s World War II record, Macron’s approval rating, the unemployment rate in the country, and even took a stab at the […]

There has been a lot of talk over the past few days about President Donald Trump’s decision to skip a memorial service in France that he was slated to attend, and now the French army seems to be having a little fun at the president’s expense. Trump reportedly skipped the event due to the weather […]

Only a few hours after President Donald Trump took to Twitter to criticize his French counterpart, Emmanual Macron hit back and said that he prefers not to “conduct his diplomacy through tweets.” According to a report by the Daily Mail, President Macron appeared on a CNN show and told host Fareed Zakaria that tweeting is […]

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday decried the rise of nationalism even as Donald Trump, who has proudly declared himself a “nationalist,” sat nearby. As Reuters reports, Macron, speaking from underneath Paris’ famed Arc de Triomphe to honor the 70th anniversary of the end of World War I, warned of repeating the mistakes that led […]

Just one day after skipping a World War I memorial service outside Paris due to bad weather, for which President Donald Trump invited a lot of criticism, he will be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin at a working lunch on Sunday, November 11. According to a news report by Reuters, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov announced […]

President Donald Trump seemed agitated while meeting with various world leaders in Paris, CNN is reporting. Trump is in Paris for the weekend to honor the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The trip already started off on a rough note, with Trump tweeting out on Friday that French President Emmanuel Macron […]

Donald Trump’s decision to skip out on a visit to a WWI cemetery because of “bad” weather has earned the scorn of Winston Churchill’s grandson, who called the American president “pathetic inadequate” for shunning the ceremony. On Saturday, Trump announced he was skipping out on a visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial in northern […]

President Donald Trump is in France this weekend, and his visit is already generating plenty of buzzworthy headlines. On Saturday, he canceled a trip to visit a United States military cemetery near Paris because of the weather, and he is receiving a great deal of backlash over the decision. At the same time, other world […]

Donald Trump may still be recovering from his handshake with Emmanuel Macron. On Saturday, a viral photo circulated showing the French president holding Trump’s hand in a death grip as the two met in France ahead of an Armistice Day celebration. Trump had spent the week taking shots at Macron, including lashing out at his […]

US President Donald Trump is set to snub an anti-nationalist peace conference organized by French President Emmanuel Macron, Agence France-Presse reports. To be held the upcoming weekend, Macron’s “Peace Forum” is part of a ceremony marking the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I. Along with around 70 other world leaders, Trump will […]

Six individuals have been arrested by French authorities in what appears to have been an alleged plot against that nation’s centrist President Emmanuel Macron, law enforcement in that country reported on Tuesday. Five male suspects and one female suspect were arrested in three different locations across France. Arrests were made near Lyon, near the border […]

It’s been almost two years since the world received the news that Donald Trump would be the 45th president of the U.S., and since then he has said and done many unexpected things that have raised eyebrows all over the globe. According to a survey conducted by Pew Global Research, many of those actions have […]

United States President Donald Trump and his French counterpart President Emmanuel Macron did not see eye to eye in talks the two engaged in on Monday evening, according to a senior diplomatic source with knowledge of the meeting. Trump was “ranting and venting on trade” with Macron earlier in the week, the aide said, according […]

French President Emmanuel Macron took to the stage at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday and launched into a passionate attack of the policies that had been put forth by President Donald Trump, as the French leader stated that he was ready to take up the mantle of global leadership that is usually reserved for […]

CBS News reported Tuesday that a violent storm caused a motorway bridge to collapse in Genoa, Italy, killing at least 22 people and injuring eight others. The death toll is expected to rise as more people are discovered and rescued from the disastrous collapse. Called the Morandi Bridge, the half-century-old thoroughfare connects northwestern Italy to […]

According to CNN, President Trump declared Thursday morning that NATO members acquiesced to increase their defense spending. When pressed for details, however, Trump could only say that his fellow member states “agreed to pay more and they agreed to pay it more quickly.” The president avoided discussing specifics, only adding, “everyone has agreed to substantially […]

French President Emmanuel Macron hit back at President Donald Trump after he refused to endorse a joint communique by the G7 nations. Diplomacy cannot be dictated by “fits of anger,” Macron warned after the G7 summit in Quebec ended in acrimony. Macron said that the U.S., which had pulled out of the Paris Accord and […]

Donald Trump is a man known for his forceful handshake. According to the Telegraph, it appears as if Emmanuel Macron decided to give Trump a taste of his own medicine in what is being described as a bit of an awkward encounter between the two. A quick search reveals people are currently blowing up Twitter […]

President Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron that the U.S. will back out of the Iran nuclear deal in a phone conversation. The official announcement of Trump’s decision on the Iran deal is scheduled for 2 p.m. Eastern, just hours after the conversation took place. The decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal […]

The tree that President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron planted at the White House as their wives looked on during the Macrons’ state visit to Washington disappeared, causing a mystery to take root as to its whereabouts. All that’s left is a patch of discolored grass marking the location. While Presidents Trump and […]

French President Emmanuel Macron planted a tree at the White House – a symbol of the friendship between the two nations – that has since disappeared, BBC News is reporting. What’s more, no one in Washington seems to know what happened to it. By all accounts, Macron’s three-day state visit to the White House was […]

Melania Trump is “trapped” in the White House and is not enjoying her life as First Lady, says her French counterpart, Brigitte Macron, who just wrapped up a three-day state visit, Huffington Post is reporting. Mrs. Macron enjoyed the company of Mrs. Trump, and indeed, the two had great fun during their husbands’ three-day state […]

The Syrian conflict has been going on for some time. The recent attack in the suburb of Damascus has taken a new turn. French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday a decision will be made by France to carry out military strikes on the Syrian chemical weapons facilities. According to Reuters, Macron’s government will be […]

At least two people have lost their lives in a hostage situation that took place in Trebes, a community located in southwestern France. The gunman stormed a popular supermarket earlier Friday, March 23, announcing his alleged ties to the Islamic State before opening fire on the people inside. The attack came after a police officer […]

Pop star Rihanna is currently in Senegal where she joined with French President Emmanuel Macron to call on world leaders to end poverty in education. Rihanna and Macron were urging world leaders to support a global push to improve education in developing nations. The pair were attending a conference in Dakar, Senegal, after the world […]

French government officials have promised to get tough on crime after a video of a Paris policewoman on the ground getting repeatedly kicked by a mob in the early hours of New Year’s Day went viral. The incident occurred in the Paris suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne where cops were called to a party that allegedly had […]

Rihanna met French President Emmanuel Macron at Paris’s Élysée Palace after the international pop star appealed to him on Twitter to obtain support from France to contribute to her education fund that assists developing countries. While in France promoting her new film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Rihanna remained committed to getting […]

Last week the world seemed to gasp in unison at President Donald Trump’s unorthodox flattery towards French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte Macron (nee Trogneux). As the Trumps and Macrons gathered at Napoleon Bonaparte’s tomb at the Hôtel Les Invalides, the U.S. President took a good look at the French First Lady before saying, “You’re […]

U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shared yet another awkward and unbearably long handshake recently, prompting a body language expert to analyze the meaning behind it. On Friday, the two foreign leaders attended the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees, where people witnessed another awkward, “hard-to-watch 25-second-long handshake,” Mic reports. According […]

In May, fans of the fictional “bromance” between former U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were disappointed when social media began buzzing with fantastical reports of Trudeau “leaving” Obama for French President Emmanuel Macron. While visiting Italy for the G-7 summit earlier this year, Emmanuel and Justin were photographed standing on […]

Donald Trump’s first international trip as President of United States had its fair share of ups and downs. There were several standout moments which made the headlines, especially his awkward mannerism at the NATO summit. Even though he did not do a lot of public speaking, his typical handshake, shoving to get in the front […]