*SURPRISE* Macron Invites Iran's Zarif to G-7 Sidelines, Risks U.S. Outrage

[underpants]

Emmanuel Macron has thrown his G-7 guests a mid-summit curveball -- inviting Iran’s foreign minister for a surprise visit in a move that risks infuriating Donald Trump’s administration.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif flew to Biarritz, the French seaside resort town that’s the site of the summit, on Sunday as leaders met nearby. The French government insisted he wasn’t in the town to join the G-7, but instead to meet nearby with the French foreign minister as part of a bid by Macron to deescalate the crisis.


Still, the arrival came as a stunning development, and several delegations appear to have been caught off-guard -- the Americans and Canadians declined to say if they had advance notice, while the Italians found out from French news wire AFP. Iran already has dominated the discussions at the G-7, with Macron and Trump sparring over Macron’s outreach to the Islamic Republic.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-25/macron-invites-iran-s-zarif-to-g-7-sidelines-risks-u-s-outrage

[Me.]

1. THrow Down!

Some nice shade thrown that comes with a warning to both the traitor and the US as a whole. We no longer care what you think/want.

[malaise]

2. Excellent

Treaties have meaning

[Cousin Dupree]

3. Oh how I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when the toddler first heard of this

[calimary]

4. Vive La France!

Glad to see SOMEBODY’S taking a leadership position.

And I’m mighty glad it ISN’T trump.

After the way he trashed the nuclear deal some of our finest minds worked painstakingly hard to achieve, seems like a smart move to reach out to the Iranians. At least build a rope bridge or something since the concrete one got knocked down.

[lark]

5. Macron successfully and hugely trolls drumpf.

Bet he and his wife had a huge laugh about this.

[NCjack]

6. Macron is positioning himself to become leader of the free world. Trump is falling to

Number 7 in the line of succession.

[Scarsdale]

7. Oh, bloody big deal.

Good on Macron. Remember when the gop members were all giggling like schoolgirls about inviting Netanyahoo to address THEM without letting PRESIDENT Obama know he was in the country? Well, shove your indignation where the sun don't shine about this little deal. A SANE leader invites another politician to discuss world affairs, so what? President Obama is still respected worldwide. tRump will NEVER gain respect, he is a loser in every sense of the word. If the gentleman from Iran walked up to tRump, would he even know who he was? We could all pick tRump out of a crowd. He is the fattest, orangest one with yellow "hair" and a scowl.

[yonder]

11. +1.

[oasis]

17. + 1 more.

[underpants]

23. ✅

[usaf-vet]

8. The bully gets what he deserves. Some of his own medicine on an international stage. Wait for....

rage and pouting from the spoiled child from the U.S.A.

Without his twitter account, his voice would fall on deaf ears. MSM needs to ignore his temper tantrums.

[kentuck]

9. Trump didn't care what they thought when he decided to withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Treaty...

...that some or all of the other allies had signed on to. He left them holding the bag.

They had no need to inform Mr Trump of anything.

If the Republicans think this doesn't matter, they have their heads buried so deep in the sand that you can't even see the soles of their feet.

[George II]

10. That doesn't really riskk "U.S." outrage, it risks dotard's outrage...

Betcha his twitter finger is itching.

[uponit7771]

19. +1, the world is moving on without him

[triron]

12. EU says 'fuck you' Trumpass.

[triron]

13. knr

[triron]

14. kick for visibility

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Hope Trumpy brought extra pairs of Depends

He'll need them.

[roamer65]

16. Macron needs to lead the formation of a European federal republic.

[Sugar Smack]

18. Imagine being "caught off guard" as you enter someone else's country

and find people behaving as they will.

[GoCubsGo]

20. Has the syphlitic pile of manbaby goo packed up his toys and stomped off

like he did during the last summit yet? Can't help but think that's what Macron is really trying to do here, rather than trying to deescalate the Iran situation.

[underpants]

24. GoCubs!

I'm really a Reds fan but that ship ain't sailing.

Braves fan too.

[GoCubsGo]

25. The Cubs' ship keeps running into sandbars this year, too.

They need some better relief pitching...

[Pompoy]

21. That's the way the French always act

They always want to sell to anybody, even Iran or even North Korea if there is some money to be made, no matter how small the profit might look to American sensibilities. Very cynical people and politicians.

[Leith]

22. Macron should have invited

all the women who accused chumpy of attacking them.

But inviting the Iranian foreign minister has plausible deniability. Well played, Mr. Macron.

[lpbk2713]

26. What the USA thinks doesn't matter so much any more.

Thanks to Trump. He's made friends of our adversaries an adversaries of our friends.