Macron's invitation to Paris: Change from Biden to Trump

Macron's invitation to Paris: Change from Biden to Trump

There will be a strong feeling of déjà-vu if French President Emmanuel" Macron overly praised this weekend in Paris Donald Trump.

Macron's enthusiasm for Trump

Only a few foreign heads of state have tried to win him up during Trump's tenure as 45th President. Macron Trump actually treated with such a respect during the Bastille celebrations on the Champs-Élysées that Trump Military parade - on independence day - wished.

Trump's return to the world stage

because Trump is preparing to become the 47th President of the United States, Macron exceeded himself and Trump to take part in this year's most important event-the unveiling of the newly restored cathedral Notre five years after a devastating fire. Trump's prominent role in this top-class VIP event, which marks his big comeback on the global stage, illustrates the power that is returned to him only six weeks before the start of his second term.

Trump's aggressive foreign policy

Trump does not wait until January to start his new foreign policy - he has already threatened to wage a trade war with Canada and Mexico, and has shown who is in charge when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hurried to Florida last week to prevail. On Monday, he also warned that "hell will break off" in the Middle East if Hamas does not expose hostages from Gaza before Inauguration Day.

a contrast to biden

Trump's star role in Paris will also be increasingly shameful in a distinctive contrast to Joe Biden. The president was exposed to violent criticism on Monday, even from the ranks of his own party after he had given his son Hunter pardon, which undermined a central principle of his term of office - that everyone is the same before the law.

"He didn't have to tell the American public, 'I won't do that', and he did it ... and if you make a promise, you have to keep it," Democratic Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia told CNN. The Republican Senator Mitt Romney from Utah added: "It was a terrible decision that broke my heart."

bids in Angola

The announcement of Trump's trip to Paris fell together with bidens arrival in Angola for an official state visit, which will certainly offer far more substance than Trump's visit. The President wants to emphasize the United States' commitment to Subsahara Africa in the face of China's investment-led regional power game. As President, Trump had never managed to go to Africa and seemed to be more interested in insulting the continent than helping him. Bidens visit will also present one of the most successful global programs in the United States in recent decades - the massive program for combating HIV/AIDS in Africa, whose future is uncertain when Trump returns to the White House.

The dilemma of global leaders

But the more visible stay of the elected president in the city of the lights will clarify that he is again the American, want to recruit the foreign leader, while biden is increasingly leaving the international stage.

The upcoming visit will also shed light on the dilemma with which every world leader is fighting: How do you deal with a new American president, which is undoubtedly more aggressive and unpredictable on the world stage than in its first turbulent term and often the society of Tyrants that from allies?

The return to the international stage

The designated president is happy about his return to international spotlight after the news about Macron's invitation on Monday became known. "President Emmanuel Macron has done a wonderful job to ensure that Notre Dame was restored in full splendor, and even more. It will be a very special day for everyone!" Wrote Trump on his platform Truth Social.

The trip promises everything the designated president most appreciates: the opportunity to focus; the admiration to be a honored guest; And the spectacle to be part of a unique event that is expected to attract millions of viewers worldwide. It is also the impressive maneuver for which Macron is known - which sometimes does not run as planned.

macrons strategic move

Macron's invitation is the last train in the incessant struggle of European powers in order to be Washington's most important liaison on the other side of the Atlantic. Macron has long tried to position France as a leading European power - especially since the resignation of the former Chancellor Angela Merkel, who presented her memoir on Monday evening and was accompanied by Barack Obama, who was accompanied by Barack Obama in 2016 she asked you to save the West from Trump.

The geopolitical concerns

Trump's return has triggered a similar feeling of the crisis among the western powers that are concerned that he will let Ukraine down to please his friend, the Russian President Vladimir Putin, while expectations are increasing that he will threaten massive tariffs against the European Union. There are also concerns that Trump will divide NATO in his second term after he said in the election campaign that he would say Russia that "it can do what it wants", to alliance members who do not comply with the guidelines for minimum defense.

Macron seems to be ahead of the symbolic power and the coup of a first visit abroad, even before Trump is in office. There is hardly any competition in Germany where Chancellor Olaf Scholz will soon follow the political apart after the collapse of his government coalition, with an election in February. The new British Prime Minister Keir Strander is stronger, but has to master the balancing act that Trump is extremely unpopular in his governing Labor party. In addition, Great Britain lost to European influence

macrons growing problems

Macron, who is unpopular far in his second term, is also no longer the power he was once. His invitation to Trump is rich in irony because the right-wing extremist Trump-friendly National Rally Party threatens to overthrow Prime Minister Michel Barnier, which would further weaken the position of the president and lead to more confusion. There are increasing signs that Macron's heir may be similar to the bidens - as president who is forced to give power to national, populist forces against which he has defined his administration. The right-wing extremist politician Marine Le Pen, whose anti-immigrant ideology of Trump, could have her best chance to get power through the two-stage French presidential election process in 2027.

the crooked bromance

Macron's bold new offer to Trump could trigger a wave of mutual praise. But if the story is a sign, it won't take long.

The first time the Macron and Trumps ate the Jules Verne restaurant, which was awarded Michelin stars, whispered a little in the ear during the Bastille celebrations and kissed in the White House. In the Oval Office in April 2018, Trump said: "We have to make him perfect, he is perfect", while he wiped what he described as a shed from the suit of the French president. "Emmanuel will go down in history as one of your greatest presidents," said Trump to the French.

Trump's division of relationships

However, this bromance did not stop because Trump's hostility to Europe stood in the way. The situation really escalated during a visit by the US President in France later in 2018. Trump reacted poorly to Macron's urge to a European army-ironically, a partial reaction to Trump's frequent complaints that the American taxpayers had to finance the continent to defend the continent. Trump called the idea "very insulting", mocked Macron's "very low approval value in France, 26%" and tweeted support for his nationalist opponents.

While Trump seems to be ready to try again, Macron - who, like bidges, sees himself as a protector of democracy and bulwark against right -wing extremist nationalism - far from being Trump's preferred European leader. This honor is due to the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a frequent guest in Mar-A-Lago, whose plan for the hollowing out of democracy, to restrict the freedom of the press and the politicization of the judiciary corresponds much more Trump's preference. "Some people don't like him because he is too strong," Trump said during a rally in New Hampshire during his pre -election campaign in January. "It is good to have a strong man at the top of a country."

a revival of relationships?

Despite all of this, both Macron and Trump attach great importance to relationships between foreign leaders - maybe they can rekindle the fire where it all started.

Trump will arrive in Paris as the new US ambassador in France. On the one hand, this choice could be seen by some as an insult to America's longest diplomatic friendship, since Kushner was convicted of tax evasion and the influence of witnesses and pardoned by Trump. But the French have long since perfected the art of diplomatic discretion, and in a way, Kushner's selection could be seen as a compliment - after all, he is a family for Trump - and has his ear.

Kushner's appointment could also offer the possibility of returning to the high society on the most glittering diplomatic parquet in the world for Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, who now live in Florida, far from her former places of stay in Manhattan, where the name Trump has become a synonym for the synonym for negativity.