Trump wasn’t content to humiliate himself and the United States overseas this week with his capitulation to Iran. It was a less than stellar G7 for Trump and by extension us. Not content with further removing us from leadership of the free world during an additional stop at Versailles Trump tried to force a kiss on the lips to Bridget Macron (with her husband standing close by) and she SHUT HIM DOWN FLAT.
On the world stage with the cameras rolling Trump got a lesson in his new and harsh reality – when you’re a ‘star’ or even a President NO, they don’t always “Let you do it” No pussy grabbing. Not even an unwanted kiss! One can only imagine the restraint it took for Mrs. Macron to refrain from slapping his fat face. Or her husband from balling a fist and knocking him on his fat ass! But they maintained their cool and behaved diplomatically. Then again maybe they were afraid the orange crap Trump slathers on his ugly face was toxic.
According to OK! Magazine this incident after the dinner the Macron’s hosted followed an incident days earlier at the actual G7 summit:
Just days before the Versailles dinner, Trump’s greeting with Brigitte Macron at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains featured a prolonged 12–14 second handshake, contrasted with a limp handshake for Emmanuel Macron. Lip reader Nicola Hickling claims Trump addressed Brigitte with “Hello, sweetheart,” and held onto her hand despite her attempts to disengage. The physicality and perceived imbalance between his greetings to the Macrons fueled online commentary about intent and respect.
We all know about Trump’s repeated attempts to use handshakes to try and establish what he perceives as dominance. He caught more than one world leader off guard with his ‘yank’ before then Canadian PM Justin Trudeau put him in his place and showed others how it’s done. The younger, much fitter and surely stronger Trudeau extended his left palm to Trumpty’s flabby chest at the same time their right hands grasped. Trudeau pushed back and hard enough that for all Trump’s might he couldn’t budge him!
Yes, Trump has gotten away with his stunt multiple times since and being the a-hole he is learned how much easier it was to do to the wives of other leaders. I’d love to see him try it on a strong, athletic woman like Michelle Obama but she’s black so he’d never touch HER. Perhaps when hosting world class female athletes at the WH someone will remind them how to handle a greeting with Trump ahead of time, but I digress.
As I’ve indicated after the G7 the Macrons hosted a dinner at the famous Versailles. Trump probably only attended so he could brag about how much more lavish HIS ballroom would be than anything the French ever did. As the linked article notes one has to consider the context which includes breaches of protocol with snarky comments about both the Macrons and their marriage.
As things wound down to the point of farewell being said the moment came for handshakes and, as sometimes happens with prominent ladies a kiss on the cheek. Or, in France as in other European countries the quick ‘each cheek’ routine. Then Trump acted like… well Trump and decided to let his pussy grabbing serial sexual assaulter out for a romp:
At a June 17 Versailles dinner hosted by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, Donald Trump’s farewell greeting to the French First Lady went viral after he appeared to lean in for a kiss on the lips following the customary double-cheek kiss. Brigitte visibly pulled away, creating a disjointed moment captured on video and widely shared online. Social media reactions were overwhelmingly critical, with users labeling the behavior “creepy” and inappropriate, citing her apparent discomfort.
It’s SO cool that she shut him down and people saw it. How I’d love to be a fly on the wall when Melania demands an increase in her fee for future appearances with her P.O.S. hubby in name only. One can imagine her saying “You tried to kees that Frenchy bitch in front of Ev-ree-wun! You deed not wind up hum-eel-e-ating her much handsomer than YOU husband. Een-sted you hue-meel-ee-ate your self. And MEEEE!’ I wonder if she’ll add in taunts about hoping he dies soon. I’m sure if she prays that’s at the top of her list.
Unfortunately for our country THIS is the titular leader of our country. He’s a daily embarrassment and increasingly unable to avoid humiliating both himself and our country on the world stage. On the other hand the world is already laughing at him and us. So we might as well take what enjoyment we can from him getting the ‘NO YOU DON”T ASSHOLE’ treatment from a woman in front of spectators. And cameras.
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