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hlthe2b

(102,379 posts)
1. WWI was a direct result of intense nationalism, history Trump knows nothing about...
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 09:31 AM
Nov 2018

He merely thinks it was a slam to him, which is only partially true. There is a much bigger point, that he will never "get".

I have never been more appalled at the ignorance of a President. He has made both Reagan and GWBush* look like Rhodes scholars in history.

world wide wally

(21,755 posts)
8. What Macron said was something we are not accustom to in the USA these days; the truth.
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 12:31 PM
Nov 2018

As far as whether it was historical wisdom or a slam to Trump, If the shoe fits...

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
3. I've known dogs that looked more intelligent doing that same head tilt.
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 10:08 AM
Nov 2018

Feel sorry for the translator though. I'd be tempted to say "he just said you are a dumbshit.".

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
4. Interpreter. An interpreter changes spoken word to another language.
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 12:21 PM
Nov 2018

A translator changes the written word into another written language. My daughter is a translator.

No offense; people make this mistake all the time and it irritates translators and interpreters. This is just a public service announcement!

NorCen_CT

(176 posts)
5. I may not love (or completely like) Macron's politics
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 12:25 PM
Nov 2018

But man, he sure does have ZERO issue with speaking the truth directly in to trump's stupid rusted looking face, each and every time he's with him. I love it.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
7. Idiot is SHOCKED that his "friend" Macron dared to call his fascist self out!
Sun Nov 11, 2018, 12:30 PM
Nov 2018

Next, he'll tweet about Macron's "old" wife, who he previously called beautiful, but facts don't matter to the Liar-in-Chief.

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