Christine Ockrent on Trump & Macron’s Relationship

REALLY CELEBRATING, IN FACT, THE ALLIANCE AND THE THING WE TOOK FOR GRANTED AND HAVE BEEN UNDER THREAT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

WELL, I THINK IT'S BEEN AN IMPORTANT DAY, NOT ONLY FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY TRIBUTE TO THE FANTASTIC GENERATION OF VERY YOUNG MEN AND A FEW WOMEN, BUT IT'S BEEN POLITICAL ALSO, POLITICAL CHALLENGE TO BOTH PRESIDENTS.

I THINK THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO IS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE OFFICIALLY THAT HE'S RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM, WELL, HE SHOWED THAT SEEING THE BEST OF HIM THAT HE WOULD RELATE EMOTIONALLY WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH EMANUEL MACRON WHO WE KNOW HAS HAD UPS AND DOWNS AND THEY CAN BE PHYSICALLY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, EMBRACING, TOUCHING AND SO ON, BUT OF COURSE IN THE SPEECH THE VOCABULARY WAS QUITE DIFFERENT.

FOR MACRON, WAS THERE ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT POLITICAL DIMENSION FOR THIS DAY BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE ON THE LATERAL BASIS.

IT WAS A LATERAL BASIS WITH THERESA MAY THIS MORNING WITH THE BRITISH AND OF COURSE, MOSTLY WITH THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

EMANUEL MACRON IS PLANNING BACK FROM THE INTERNAL CYCLE WITH SOCIAL AND WESTERN, SO ON AND SO FORTH, AND I THINK THAT ESTABLISHING HIS PRESIDENTIAL STATUS AGAIN HAVE OVERCOME THAT DIFFICULT MOMENT IN OUR DOMESTIC ISSUES.

AND HE CAN TALK TO DONALD TRUMP ON AN EQUAL BASIS AND STILL DEFEND HIS OWN VIEWS ON THE MULTILATERALISM AND THE DANGERS OF HAVING THIS SYSTEM WHICH, OF COURSE, SPRANG IN A WAY FROM THE VICTORIES OF WORLD WAR II, AND SO I THINK, AGAIN, FOR BOTH MEN IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL DAY.

MAYBE JUST PLAY THIS SOUND BITE AS PART OF THEIR SORT OF PHOTO-OP AFTER THE TRIBUTE AND