What should we make of Trump's good behavior with Macron?

[Alhena]

This has been one of the less embarrassing days of his presidency. I guess he deserves some minor praise for showing some human decency.

http://www.politico.eu/article/trump-and-macron-go-from-mano-a-mano-to-tete-a-tete/

[Moostache]

1. The man ogled a foreign head of state's wife...that's a "good" day?

Jesus, how fucking low IS the bar for this shit head?

[Alhena]

2. I dunno, I think he was at least trying to act like a president

and to compliment her in his own boorish way.

[Moostache]

3. Acting like a president is fine, if we're in the movie "Dave"...

He IS the president and he is a monumental embarrassment every day. Even his BEST day is orders of magnitude away from actually BEING presidential.

I award him no points, and may god NOT have mercy on his soul!

[Alhena]

7. But it's interesting that both Macron and Trudeau have tried to redeem him

They've both made a point to try to entice him from the Dark Side. I wish them luck, since this moron does control several thousand nuclear warheads.

[Moostache]

13. France and Canada NEED a healthy USA for many reasons...

Both men were also embroiled in scandals (mini or otherwise) of their own in France and Canada recently...Trudeau seems less damaged by his, but there was a lot of criticism of Macron in France in recent days...

Trump is a complete and utter buffoon, if it wasn't so damaging to the country and the future, it would be like watching a real life version of Chevy Chase's impression of Gerald Ford crossed with his version of Fletch....but without the humor.

[Alhena]

18. We agree, but if you see a vicious dog running free ...

and you watch that dog attack other dogs and people, you know he needs to be gotten off the streets. But while waiting for Animal Control to arrive, if you see that dog start wagging his tail and trying to be on his best behavior, then I think it's appropriate to say "good boy!" All the while counting the minutes until Animal Control arrives.

I think both Macron and Trudeau know, as we do, that Trump is a fundamentally defective human being. He always will be. But I don't agree with the notion that we should just blindly throw rotten fruit at him every night on the news, even if he tries to be on his best behavior. That will just push him further into Bannon's grasp and make the damage of his remaining presidency that much harder to repair.

[pnwmom]

19. That isn't acting like a President. It's acting like an ogler. Yuk. I'm sure Mrs. Macron

did not feel complimented. Not in the slightest. She felt condescended to, by the orange Cheeto.

It's gross to feel that a man you are repulsed by is judging you in that manner.

[Ilsa]

5. The gop and deplorables lower the bar every damn day,

whatever excuse is necessary.

[Moostache]

8. At this point, the bar is in a slot dug INTO the floor...

I can't see how the hell I am going to make it through another 3 and 1/2 YEARS of this...its only been SIX MONTHS....feels like SIX YEARS!

[Motley13]

4. disgusting lecher

disrespectful to Mme. Macron & his own wife.
classless buffoon

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. "Donald Trump" and "decency" don't belong in the same sentence.

Unless "has no" is between them!

[Alhena]

10. True, but he seems to be a narcissist and a child who responds well to praise of any kind

He responds well to praise from either the right or left. It's all about him. And this child controls the fate of our nation, until he is impeached. That being the case, I'd give the child lollipops when he at least tries to listen to reason.

[Heron5]

15. Yep.

He's being almost traditional presidential (and not modern-day presidential) only because Macron is taking him to a cool parade with fighter jets and horses, not to mention dinner followed by the most beautiful piece of European chocolate cake you will ever see at the Eiffel Tower.

[Alhena]

17. Yeah, I'm sure when he'll be back to normal when he goes to redneck rallies

If Macron can get him to go back into the Paris Accord, though- that will be very worth doing.

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. Fuck trump. Eom

[Solly Mack]

11. Uh..

That's all I got.

[H2O Man]

12. Nothing.

(It's far more than he deserves.)

[samnsara]

14. except he letched at macrons wife

[Motley13]

16. LOSER 45 learns French, he has the best French words, oui, oui

[spanone]

20. he gave the finger to our media by calling on a chinese reporter for 2nd question

protocol is that each side of the meeting gets two questions from the media

2 from the french press and 2 from the traveling press

trump called on a chinese reporter for question 2

asshole.