So Trump tried to show his cultists that he could
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So Trump tried to show his cultists that he could play badass with that Muslim mayor of London....and it backfired.
Not only did he get smacked down with disdain by the mayor's office and Londoners, ABC just reported that there were calls to disinvite him from his upcoming visit. He postponed his visit...err, ride in the gold carriage.
16. And this is yet another time he got outmanned by a foreigner
Men here will be familiar with the dumb machismo the president continually tries to pull. Don't worry, women - most men hate this stuff too.
Macron used that dumb machismo against him, easily out-pulling him on the handshake and turning away from him and to Merkel for the first greeting.
This thread from TPM is exactly right:
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7: Twice in Brussels he overpowered Trump in these handshake encounters, then he followed up by giving interviews in which he matter of ...
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8/ factly noted that he would and had dominated Trump because it was the language Trump understands and because Macron could. And did.