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Trump praises Macron, considers July 4 military parade like one he saw in Paris

 

U.S. President Donald Trump meets French President Emmanuel Macron in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, offering more words of praise for French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, said on Monday he was considering staging a July 4 U.S. military parade in Washington inspired by the one he saw as Macron's guest in Paris.

 

Of all the leaders gathered in New York for the annual U.N. General Assembly, Trump is arguably closest to Macron, despite their differences in age and political philosophy.

 

Trump, 71, and Macron, 39, who both took office this year as political outsiders, got off to an awkward start with a now-famous handshake in May during they which they gripped each other's right hand so firmly their knuckles turned white.

 

But their relationship has since grown close, highlighted by Trump's visit to Paris in July where they held talks and watched a military parade to mark France's annual Bastille Day holiday and the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War One.

 

When the two men met on Monday at the Palace Hotel in New York on the sidelines of U.N. summitry, they exchanged another strong handshake and spoke warmly about each other.

 

"He's doing a terrific job in France," Trump said of Macron, adding: "He's respected by the French people and I can tell you he is respected by the people of the United States."

 

Seated beside the U.S. president, Macron said: "The strength that unites our relationship is that we say everything. That doesn't mean we agree on everything, but we do agree on a lot of things."

 

Trump said he was so impressed by the military parade in France that he would like to recreate it in Washington.

 

"To a large extent because of what I witnessed, we may do something like that on July 4 in Washington down Pennsylvania Avenue," he told reporters. "We're actually looking into it."

 

The U.S. capital has held large military displays to mark significant occasions, including victories in war, but rolling tanks and marching troops down Pennsylvania Avenue are not typically done on the U.S. Independence Day holiday.

 

The two leaders later held talks, in which a U.S. official said the Republican president reiterated that he believed both the Paris climate accord and the Iran nuclear deal, negotiated under his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, were deeply flawed.

 

Trump has vowed to withdraw from the climate agreement without a renegotiation more favorable to Washington, a step for which the international community has little appetite.

 

(Reporting by Steve Holland and John Irish; Editing by Peter Cooney)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-09-19

[mamypoko]

Dictator wannabe checklist:

      Military parade with tanks - check!

[manarak]

29 minutes ago, mamypoko said:

Dictator wannabe checklist:

      Military parade with tanks - check!

a nice military parade isn't a bad thing.

it brings people closer to their soldiers and is also a great occasion to some of those who have shown great valor.

[alanrchase]

Trump, "He's respected by the French people". Macron's approval rating is similar to Trump's at 37%. Perhaps that is why Trump likes him.

[mamypoko]

5 hours ago, manarak said:

a nice military parade isn't a bad thing.

it brings people closer to their soldiers and is also a great occasion to some of those who have shown great valor.

LOL my Mom actually cried during pass in review - fond memories of San Diego :)

 

Edited September 19, 2017 by mamypoko

[Thailand]

North Korea have some good ones

 

 

 

Edited September 19, 2017 by Thailand

[nausea]

On 19/09/2017 at 7:28 AM, mamypoko said:

Dictator wannabe checklist:

      Military parade with tanks - check!

The rhetoric at the UN wasn't bad either, a bit more table-thumping wouldn't go amiss though; and needs to get the goose stepping sorted out, what's a parade without goose stepping.

 

22 hours ago, Thailand said:

North Korea have some good ones

 

 

 

 

Yeah, they do have a penchant for setting up potential kill zones.

[iReason]

True to form:

 

Donald Trump considering military parade for Fourth of July

“It was one of the greatest parades I have ever seen,” Trump said."

 

“And to a large extent, because of what I witnessed, we may do something like that on July 4th in Washington,

down Pennsylvania Avenue,” Trump said."

 

“We’re going to have to try and top it.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/18/donald-trump-military-parade-fourth-of-july

[Rancid]

On 9/19/2017 at 8:00 AM, manarak said:

a nice military parade isn't a bad thing.

it brings people closer to their soldiers and is also a great occasion to some of those who have shown great valor.

WW2 was the last US war where the President actually asked Congress for a Declaration of War. Soldiers defending the motherland are the ones generally honored, how do you actually honor soldiers that have effectively been invading other countries for the last 70 years with a massive civilian death count?

 

Undoubtedly many soldiers were brave and selfless (and in Vietnam often conscripted), but they were invaders never the less, killing people defending their homes and families. Perhaps I am missing something here but where is the honor in a massive military attacking a much much smaller one in Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Lebanon, Grenada, Iraq 1, Somalia, Serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq 2, Libya, Syria? Do we also honor the bullies in the schoolyard who outnumber and brutalize smaller kids for their valor?