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Trump in Paris: The curious case of his friend Jim
WASHINGTON (AP) For all things Paris, President Donald Trumps go-to guy is Jim.
The way Trump tells it Jim is a friend who loves Paris and used to visit every year. Yet when Trump travels to the city Thursday for his first time as president, its unlikely that Jim will tag along. Jim doesnt go to Paris anymore. Trump says thats because the city has been infiltrated by foreign extremists.
Whether Jim exists is unclear. Trump has never given his last name. The White House has not responded to a request for comment about who Jim is or whether he will be on the trip.
Trump repeatedly talked about the enigmatic Jim while on the campaign trail, but his friend didnt receive widespread attention until Trump became president. For Trump, Jims story serves as a cautionary tale - a warning that even a place as lovely as Paris can be ruined if leaders are complacent about terrorism.
Jims biggest moment in the spotlight was during a high-profile Trump speech in February at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland. Trump explained that Jim loves the City of Lights, he loves Paris. For years, every year during the summer, he would go to Paris. It was automatic, with his wife and his family.
Trump one day asked Jim: Hows Paris doing?
Paris? Jim replied, as relayed by Trump. I dont go there anymore. Paris is no longer Paris.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, responded by tweeting a photo of herself with Mickey and Minnie Mouse inviting Trump and his friend Jim to France to celebrate the dynamism and the spirit of openness of #Paris.
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NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Sycophants, partners in crime, yes. True friendship? I don't think he's capable of it.
Solly Mack
(90,765 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,735 posts)VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Everyone knows Trump has no friends. He can't even buy them.
If he had a dog, Fido would shit on his shoes.
tanyev
(42,554 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)Hieronymus
(6,039 posts)bigtree
(85,996 posts)...I especially love the view of the garden park at night from the tower.
Paris is crap in the summer, though, Too hot, like most major cities.
('Jim' is one of his lies)
Doreen
(11,686 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)One less bigoted American asshole there when I go back in the fall.
I am thankful for many, many things in my life. But above all may be that I have the resources to go to Paris every year of so.
Of all the cities I have visited, it remains my favorite.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)Paris is such a lovely town with more things to do than most people have the energy or time to do in a short visit. Therefore the need to go back. We stayed on our most recent trip at an apartment about 6 blocks from the Eiffel Tower. We walked many places, took the city bus and had no issues getting around. People were friendly and other than one "jostling" incident when my husband walked to see the Eiffel lit up one night, had no unpleasant incidents. He had taken the reasonable precaution of not carrying his wallet in his back pocket and left other valuables in the apartment. We were sad to leave France even though we had been there nearly two weeks.
Everyone should travel if they can. You see the world in different ways when you meet people from different countries and cultures.