Trump back in Europe for Bastille Day Parade ...

Trump was back in Europe this week. It was Bastille Day. Macron stole a march on May and Merkel. The special relationship evident. Who could forget the French assisted the Americans in their fight for freedom against the British. The special relationship dates back to Lafayette and the Battle of Brandywine in 1777. Trump offered an excruciating lesson in history to the evidently bored Macron.

The visit was deemed to be a great success. A welcome distraction from Trump juniors dalliance with the Russians. An act of treason? No "Don is a good boy. He’s a good kid. And he had a meeting, nothing happened with the meeting. It was a short meeting as he told me — because I only heard about it two or three days ago." "My son Donald was open, transparent and innocent. This is the greatest witch hunt in political history. Sad" ... tweeted the leader of the Free world.

"It was a great honor to represent the United States at the magnificent Bastille Day parade. Went to Eiffel Tower for Dinner with Mrs Macron". Looking in good shape and beautiful! [Madame Macron not the Eiffel Tower]. So much for the international language and diplomacy of male chauvinism.

The French have worked out the formula for a successful US state visit. One on one meetings, Trump can't cope with a G20 group. A parade, a big beautiful parade, Trump loves a parade with marching bands, the bigger the better. No press or limited press access with predetermined questions preferable. Short set speeches with autocue, no ad libs especially in front of camera. An ego boost, a special meal for four at the Eiffel Tower, frogs legs with ketchup and fries the favourite. No politics or policy as a side order.

Just look what can be achieved. Trump agreed to reconsider the Paris agreement. He probably didn't realise it had anything to do with global warming, just the fact that Brigitte Macron looked cool.

Trump explained his belief in transparency to the press corp on Airforce One. He was talking about the great Mexican wall, not the White House press office!
"You have to have transparency, you have to see what’s on the other side of the wall. And I’ll give you an example. As horrible as it sounds, when they throw the large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don’t see them — they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff? It’s over. As crazy as that sounds, you need transparency through that wall."

Here's a President with a clear grasp of how drug shipments are moved around the world, a big sack and a strong arm ... excellent! They should really shout "Fore" as they throw. Like we do at Mar A Lago ... that should reduce the death toll in the drugs trade ...

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