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riversedge

(80,791 posts)
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 03:04 PM Feb 21

MACRON SAYS THAT EUROPE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE MOOD OF A 79-YEAR-OLD CRY BABY 🍼 (#Trump)

The baby bottle with this post is hilarious---and I hope Trump sees it!


MACRON SAYS THAT EUROPE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE MOOD OF A 79-YEAR-OLD CRY BABY 🍼


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MACRON SAYS THAT EUROPE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE MOOD OF A 79-YEAR-OLD CRY BABY 🍼 (#Trump) (Original Post) riversedge Feb 21 OP
AGREE.......... riversedge Feb 21 #1
Trump plotting revenge right now. Kingofalldems Feb 21 #2
Nancy who? stollen Feb 21 #5
It will take a few days Roy Rolling Feb 22 #43
We can't depend on him either. pandr32 Feb 21 #3
We Know he and Putin, Miller, The Epstein Class Cha Feb 21 #16
It's apparently a fake quote, Cha. highplainsdem Feb 21 #19
Oh.. TY.. my Post still stands. Cha Feb 21 #21
It doesn't matter. pandr32 Feb 21 #25
It does matter. No one should put fake words in the mouth of someone who's real, who deserves respect. highplainsdem Feb 21 #27
Since you put it that way I agree. pandr32 Feb 22 #39
Furthermore, deceiving people to make clickbait money is called fraud (nt) William Seger Feb 22 #42
As fast as possible before we can stop them. pandr32 Feb 21 #24
I agree with your post and I'm grateful to Macron and the EU, too. I just wish people wouldn't put fake highplainsdem Feb 21 #26
Newsom-itis is spreading BaronChocula Feb 21 #4
It's apparently a fake quote. Of course we've also seen at least one fake Newsom quote posted here, highplainsdem Feb 21 #18
DANG IT! BaronChocula Feb 21 #33
People should stop posting BS. It takes only a minute or two to see if a quote is real, if it's been said highplainsdem Feb 21 #35
That's Rule #1 in Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit William Seger Feb 22 #45
They play dirty Demixs Feb 22 #46
No, we shouldn't. This sort of thing just makes us look stupid and/or dishonest. Bad look for DU. highplainsdem Feb 22 #49
The goody goody strategy hasn't worked Demixs Feb 22 #51
Who in hell do you think is stupid enough to decide they can't support Trump because liars on the highplainsdem Feb 22 #54
He did say "Europe cannot depend on the mood of a 79 yr old man" womanofthehills Feb 21 #34
I couldn't find any news source for the version saying "man" either. That would also have made highplainsdem Feb 21 #36
Absolutely right! Europe can no longer depend on the US. Putin wins. Jim__ Feb 21 #6
Yup that was the plan. Initech Feb 21 #14
No one can depend on Trump PJMcK Feb 21 #7
Absolutely true. ShazzieB Feb 21 #11
True. Trump only cares about himself. CaptainTruth Feb 21 #15
Not even Depends can as he is so full of it. GreenWave Feb 22 #44
Fact check? Ms. Toad Feb 21 #8
Link to a reliable source? Fiendish Thingy Feb 21 #9
Neither can U.S. citizens. SergeStorms Feb 21 #10
"YOU'RE A BABY, I'M NOT A BABY. MWAAA!" Buddyzbuddy Feb 21 #12
That's apparently a fake quote. Please find a reliable source to confirm it, or delete it. highplainsdem Feb 21 #13
Btw, there was an earlier version of that fake quote going around, in which Macron supposedly highplainsdem Feb 21 #17
Yes. I confirm that it's only on the socials, but... Justice matters. Feb 22 #47
Whether or not people agree with the fake quote, it's deliberate lying to claim Macron said it, and highplainsdem Feb 22 #50
OK. Should be self-deleted. Justice matters. Feb 22 #53
Macron may, or may not have used those words. Aussie105 Feb 21 #20
No, it isn't valid to put a fake quote in a world leader's mouth and pretend it's a real quote. highplainsdem Feb 21 #30
Macron needs to choose for himself if he's going to publicize incendiary insults MadameButterfly Feb 21 #31
From what I can find, he did say "EUROPE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE MOOD OF A 79-YEAR-OLD " Wiz Imp Feb 21 #22
News link, please? I couldn't find any news link for that. highplainsdem Feb 21 #28
Btw, I saw mostly Instagram posts with the different versions of that quote, so I'd guess it got started highplainsdem Feb 21 #29
And the 28% of Americans who back him. Grins Feb 21 #23
And they are lied to 24/7 by the right-wing propaganda cable "news" Justice matters. Feb 22 #48
That is quite somethin creon Feb 21 #32
The French President Emanuel Macron, is an astute leader wendyb-NC Feb 21 #37
It's a fake quote circulated via social media. Not a single reliable source for it. Putting a fake quote highplainsdem Feb 22 #55
The replies are vile fujiyamasan Feb 22 #38
Spoiled Brat IbogaProject Feb 22 #40
Well, that's about the size of it. calimary Feb 22 #41
... CousinIT Feb 22 #52

Roy Rolling

(7,630 posts)
43. It will take a few days
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:37 AM
Feb 22

Shitler doesn’t speak French, English spoken by a French national, or English spoken by a non-MAGAt.

Wait’ll his minions can issue an executive order and hire a “private industry” contractor to translate Macron’s verbiage.

Ketchup’s gonna fly and France is gonna be on double secret probation.

Cha

(319,023 posts)
16. We Know he and Putin, Miller, The Epstein Class
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:44 PM
Feb 21

are Destroying America as fast as they can... with sights on the rest of the Democracy loving world.

Yes, Grateful to Pres Macron and the EU, et a;

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
27. It does matter. No one should put fake words in the mouth of someone who's real, who deserves respect.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:38 PM
Feb 21

The AI-using creeps on YoyTube making clickbait videos of Jimmy Kimmel or Rachel Maddow or other celebrities supposedly saying things they wish they'd say are treating those people as puppets. Same is true for whoever made up this fake quote and attributed it to Macron.

pandr32

(14,267 posts)
39. Since you put it that way I agree.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:22 AM
Feb 22

What I was going with were the words regardless of mouth. You make a valid point, though.

pandr32

(14,267 posts)
24. As fast as possible before we can stop them.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:24 PM
Feb 21

Then it will be of no use--too late.
We must stop them right now.

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
26. I agree with your post and I'm grateful to Macron and the EU, too. I just wish people wouldn't put fake
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:27 PM
Feb 21

quotes in real people's mouths, as the OP did. I hope DUers aren't sharing that fake quote on other platforms.

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
18. It's apparently a fake quote. Of course we've also seen at least one fake Newsom quote posted here,
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:04 PM
Feb 21

which got way too much attention though it was fake.

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
35. People should stop posting BS. It takes only a minute or two to see if a quote is real, if it's been said
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:25 PM
Feb 21

at all recently by someone famous. If it's real, there'll be news stories about it.

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
49. No, we shouldn't. This sort of thing just makes us look stupid and/or dishonest. Bad look for DU.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:51 PM
Feb 22

Having this OP near the top of the Greatest page is an embarrassment for this site.

And there's no good excuse for not having looked for a reliable source, and then then deleting or at least correcting the OP if one can't be found.

Posting misleading OPs and leaving them uncorrected shows contempt for DUers.

Demixs

(53 posts)
51. The goody goody strategy hasn't worked
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:58 PM
Feb 22

They lie and make things up and say outrageous things and win elections. We castigate and ask our candidates to apologize and factcheck And we lose anyway.

Enough of that.

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
54. Who in hell do you think is stupid enough to decide they can't support Trump because liars on the
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:53 PM
Feb 22

internet said Macron called him a crybaby?

These dumb memes with fake quotes, and all the stupid AI slop that any twit with access to an image generate can have AI vomit out, will do NOTHING to help the Democrats.

We have facts on our side. Real quotes. Real video.

All the internet fakery and AI slop in the world will do nothing to help us, because it's just garbage.

And if any Democratic politician is stupid enough to fall for this crap and thank Macron for calling Trump a crybaby, he's likely to get a real quote on what Macron thinks of people falling for stupid internet lies about what world leaders said.

womanofthehills

(10,988 posts)
34. He did say "Europe cannot depend on the mood of a 79 yr old man"
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:25 PM
Feb 21

But social media added cry baby - according to AI

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
36. I couldn't find any news source for the version saying "man" either. That would also have made
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:28 PM
Feb 21

headlines. Do you have a link to a reliable source?

Initech

(108,734 posts)
14. Yup that was the plan.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:11 PM
Feb 21

There's a bad guy trying to take over the world, and some folks are just letting him.

If Fox, Infowars, TPUSA, CPAC, and so on had been around in World War 2, we'd currently be under Nazi rule.

ShazzieB

(22,578 posts)
11. Absolutely true.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:01 PM
Feb 21

He's a completely loose cannon at this point. Unpredictable, uncontrollable, and horrifyingly dangerous.

Ms. Toad

(38,623 posts)
8. Fact check?
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 04:18 PM
Feb 21

I can't find anything reliable which establishes that Macron actually said this.

It would be nice . . . but better not to spread if it is not true.

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
17. Btw, there was an earlier version of that fake quote going around, in which Macron supposedly
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:47 PM
Feb 21

referred to "a 79-year-old man." It was changed to the "cry baby" wording quite a bit later. But I haven't been able to find a news source for the earlier wording, either. Just a bunch of social media posts about what was apparently an invented quote.

You should realize that IF Macron had actually said that - either version - there would have been a lot of real news stories about it.

There aren't any. Just a lot of social media posts. I checked a number of them, and none referred to a real source.

Justice matters.

(9,784 posts)
47. Yes. I confirm that it's only on the socials, but...
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:46 PM
Feb 22

the point is true. Nobody can rely on the "mood" of that 79-years-old cry baby.

The "best" healthcare plan in the world, better than "Obamacare" is still in the concept phase, ten years after it was promised to be shown "in two weeks" mmm.

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
50. Whether or not people agree with the fake quote, it's deliberate lying to claim Macron said it, and
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:57 PM
Feb 22

the OP should have been.deleted or corrected when no reliable source could be linked to.

Having fake quotes here makes DU look bad, and will make DUers misled by it who post it elsewhere look like fools or liars.

Aussie105

(7,908 posts)
20. Macron may, or may not have used those words.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:08 PM
Feb 21

But it reflects a common sentiment around the world, so it is still valid just for that.

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
30. No, it isn't valid to put a fake quote in a world leader's mouth and pretend it's a real quote.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:56 PM
Feb 21

MadameButterfly

(4,039 posts)
31. Macron needs to choose for himself if he's going to publicize incendiary insults
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:58 PM
Feb 21

or be diplomatic according to his strategy for dealing with Trump. Strangers need to not be deciding for him.

Wiz Imp

(9,982 posts)
22. From what I can find, he did say "EUROPE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE MOOD OF A 79-YEAR-OLD "
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:14 PM
Feb 21

but he didn't add cry baby to the end of it.

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
29. Btw, I saw mostly Instagram posts with the different versions of that quote, so I'd guess it got started
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:47 PM
Feb 21

there. Also quite a few Facebook and Threads posts - also Meta. Not nearly as many from X. A few from LinkedIn.

And not one single news source.

Editing to add that I didn't see anything about this on Reddit. Their mods are pretty good about getting rid of fakes very quickly, and they simply delete them.

Grins

(9,446 posts)
23. And the 28% of Americans who back him.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 06:15 PM
Feb 21

28% of Americans cannot be trusted. Trump will be gone in 2028. Replaced by a D. And things for Europe will get measurably better. But they still can’t trust us. Because that 28% is lurking in the wings, waiting ….

Justice matters.

(9,784 posts)
48. And they are lied to 24/7 by the right-wing propaganda cable "news"
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:50 PM
Feb 22

And covered up more and more by the billionaires-owned MSM "news" (except MSNBC).

creon

(2,064 posts)
32. That is quite somethin
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:11 PM
Feb 21

That is quite something if Macron called el gringo loco a cry baby.
I doubt that Macron called Trump a cry baby
.

That individual hates himself Trump has spent most of his life trying to hide it.
Self hanred is the root cause of narcissim.

wendyb-NC

(4,687 posts)
37. The French President Emanuel Macron, is an astute leader
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:49 PM
Feb 21

His assessment of the nature of the current U.S. President is the unsettling truth.

highplainsdem

(62,081 posts)
55. It's a fake quote circulated via social media. Not a single reliable source for it. Putting a fake quote
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 03:01 PM
Feb 22

in Macron's mouth insults him and treats him like a puppet.

IbogaProject

(5,904 posts)
40. Spoiled Brat
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 02:05 AM
Feb 22

That was the simplest description of him but cry-baby is close to his 3 to 4 year old intellect.

calimary

(89,977 posts)
41. Well, that's about the size of it.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 03:45 AM
Feb 22

The U.S. needs to MOVE ON from the donald. And the sooner the better.

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