Turkey's bitter comment: Macron is about to step down
Trump was angry, and recently directly clashed with Macron. Recently, due to the Greenland issue, Trump decided to impose an additional 10% tariff on France. On January 19th, Trump suddenly threatened again to increase tariffs on France, and French export specialties such as wine and champagne would be subject to a 200% tariff by the United States. If this tariff is implemented, it would mean that France's wine and champagne would be completely blocked from the American market.
So how did France anger Trump this time? The spark was that Macron didn't give Trump face. Recently, Trump established a "Gaza Peace Council". Although the name of this organization has "Gaza", its scope exceeds Gaza. Trump seems to want to expand it worldwide, and he invited many countries around the world to join. The public generally believes that Trump wants to create an international institution to replace the United Nations.
When Trump extended the "invitation to join" to Macron, the latter believed that this institution would undermine the status of the United Nations. Macron himself also did not want to support Trump, and finally politely declined his request. Seeing Macron being so disrespectful, Trump got very angry. He was worried that Macron's action might lead other countries to follow suit, thus making the idea of the "Peace Council" fail.
On January 19th, Trump publicly stated: To tax France and force Macron to join, but on the other hand, Trump also sarcastically said to Macron: No one wants to invite him, and he is about to step down anyway.
Trump clearly showed his stubbornness. If he doesn't want to invite Macron, why does he use tariff pressure to force him to join?
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1854834517548107/
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