Macron said THIS today while standing literally right next to Putin. Damn.

[kpete]

Link to tweet

https://apnews.com/c01121dbfc6740969cd0fefc629cc46d?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP



(In French) But check out Putin's body language - He is NOT happy.

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VIDEO:

Link to tweet

[luvMIdog]

1. applause!

[rzemanfl]

2. K&R n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Macron is correct on this. . . . nt

[NastyRiffraff]

4. Hey France, can we trade presidents?

I thought not. (sigh).

[Wounded Bear]

8. Why do you hate France?

I feel your pain, NastyRR. Trump sucks, and he's our problem, unfortunately.

[NastyRiffraff]

15. Too true, he's our problem

I don't hate France, but I'm jealous of it!

[Wounded Bear]

16. Understood...

[erronis]

23. Maybe putin has a spare bedroom for his boyfriend

He could creep down the hallway at night and visit the orange creep (remember the Committee to Re-Elect the President?).

Then again if we shipped the blovius-ex-chief off to the USSR I wouldn't expect to see him emerge alive. He's done his bit of bidding.

Strange that no one has mentioned the french word for whore - pute (as in putinesca).

[liberalnarb]

77. He's our problem, but NEVER forget that a majority of Americans

(a majority by 3 million votes no less) voted against this tragedy.

[harun]

72. A few more years and we will have boats of US refugees fleeing to Germo-Franco land

for safety.

[mercuryblues]

5. Our president

likes and retweets them.

[The Wielding Truth]

38. He deflects. Maybe it was a 400lb person in their bed? It could be anyone.. Yet,

through consensus of our intelligence groups it is agreed that it was Russia.

[liberalnarb]

78. "Our"? No, he's "the president" but not mine.

He was not legitimately elected.

[FM123]

6. Spoken like a real president

[sharedvalues]

7. What's so surprising?

Putin's probably laughing at this.

He's done so much more to influence Western elections - courting US Christian and sexist and racist groups, paying protestors, the Calexit movement, Breitbart, Twitter trolls, Facebook trolls, hacking DNC, hacking DCCC, hacking voter rolls, probably paying US politicians, etc etc.

The comment from Macron is the tip of the iceberg of the Russian information war on the West. Putin's probably laughing to himself while he thinks of the whole rest of the iceberg that isn't being mentioned.

[WinkyDink]

12. I think you could use some support for many of these allegations. E.g., "Christian

groups," really? What does this term even mean, in the first place?

[sharedvalues]

13. Support here. Putin is courting US Christian right.

Most Christians are not paying attention while Christian hard-right extremists are allying themselves with Putin- including christo-fascists like Pence and his group.
Putin invites them to Russia and tells them what they want to hear.

The NY Mag article below is good, but the Politico, Salon, and FT (login required) articles are worth reading too.


http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/how-russia-became-a-leader-of-the-worldwide-christian-right-214755
Despite Putin’s rank kleptocracy, and the threat Moscow suddenly posed to stability throughout Europe, Buchanan blushed with praise for Putin’s policies, writing, “In the culture war for the future of mankind, Putin is planting Russia’s flag firmly on the side of traditional Christianity."

http://www.csmonitor.com//layout/set/amphtml/USA/Politics/2016/1216/Why-Putin-is-suddenly-gaining-popularity-among-conservatives

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/why-the-christian-right-shares-trumps-affection-for-putin.html


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/94869390-2102-11e7-a454-ab04428977f9

http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/american-right-loves-russia

http://www.salon.com/2016/12/23/the-religious-right-has-an-unholy-crush-on-vladimir-putin_partner/

[wolfie001]

43. Yes, so true!

Wouldn't be surprised at all if these various christo-fascists-pigs are supported overtly or covertly. They're truly a menace to our country.

[sharedvalues]

14. Also all the rest are publicly posted

Google for example "Putin DCCC hack Florida" for the DCCC voter info hack information.
"Calexit Russia" is another good search.
And the Facebook/Twitter troll armies are pretty well known by now - 2015/2016 Daily Beast and NYer articles cover them well.



P.s. Dems targeted by putin too. See Tad Devine.
This is a major information war, and the west has been losing.

[sharedvalues]

18. Forgot one: Putin paid Stein to siphon votes away from HRC.

[Alice11111]

62. Stein needs to be investigated.She was at the table w both

Flynn &Putin at the RT dinner. She shaved off the numbers that she was supposed to in the election.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Des couilles

He's got 'em.

[workinclasszero]

10. A smart no BS leader you have there France congrats!

No excuses for our POS 'leader' that grovels at the feet of Putin.

[Blue_Roses]

11. I sure hope Macron

has alot of security detail.He is a ray of hope and Putin doesn't like it.

[Mme. Defarge]

17. Formidable!

[dalton99a]

19. The Putin-Macron handshake the world was waiting for - WP

[leftstreet]

24. How unmanly! No arm sockets getting ripped out. Sad!

[pangaia]

20. Wow! Look at Putin's face and body language during that little speech....

Take that you slimy fucker...

[JudyM]

73. Kept taking deep breaths. Seems he was trying to stay calm.

[pangaia]

74. Like he's thinking.. gotta break this guy's kneecaps...

[colorado_ufo]

21. It must be difficult for Macron to find pants

to fit those gigantic brass balls of his.

Meanwhile Putin is thinking, "Hmmm . . . plutonium, high window, brakes malfunction, bathtub accident . . .?"

[Duppers]

30. LOL!!

You got it!

[MFM008]

60. Lol

[Doreen]

22. Putin is a chickenshit and can not look Macron in the face.

Macron holds his position so if chickenshit did look he would know Macron is not afraid of him. GO MACRON!!!!

[dawnie51]

25. Hey Ed Schultz!......

you still taking money from Putin? Helping spread the disease of fake news over the US, while you line your pockets? Mr. Macron, you are a righteous man!

[DFW]

26. Macron certainly isn't starting out with a whimper

Good for him. Maybe our Democrats can take a hint. So far, France seems to like it, but then the French have always liked someone with a "grande guele (big mouth)." Too bad Anthony Wiener had such personal problems.

[bresue]

27. Just like a Frenchman to bring a guest to a crystal ball

And then informing that guest....'off with your head'!!!!!! Lol!

[airmid]

28. And all I ever hear from the Trump bootlickers is the French are cowards. Nope,

the coward is occupying the White House.

[calimary]

49. Welcome to DU, airmid!

Yep, the willfully ignorant and other assorted GOP lovers and lemmings used to call the French "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" because they didn't jump at joining bush/cheney's "Coalition of the Wilting" (it's really "Coalition of the Willing" but I regard it a bit differently) during the run-up to the Iraq War, and continued to question it afterwards. Which led some GOPers in the House of Reps to order the Congressional cafeteria to change French fries to the colossally step and embarrassing "Freedom Fries" - in "protest".

SMH

[airmid]

52. It was pretty ridiculous. My mother's family came here from France

Many years ago. I know they are not cowards. Thank you for the welcome!

[keithbvadu2]

29. While Trump supporters say "Russia is our friend". Confederate flag supporters

[roamer65]

31. President Macron.

There is greatness in that man.

[mainer]

32. Purely optics, but Macron is also taller than Putin

which has got to make Putin feel, both literally and figuratively, the smaller man.

[SunSeeker]

37. Optics is what Putin's attack was all about. Macron is fighting fire with fire. nt

[GulfCoast66]

33. First the Frenchman crushes trumps hand

Like he was a little girl.

Then he proceeds to tell Putin 'Fuck You' in Diplomatic speech while looking him in the face.

I bet a dollar to donuts Fox neglects to show this. Even the deplorables will be unable to miss the contrast.

[LOL Lib]

34. Won't be seen on faux!

The 2 scoop Donnie supporters can't handle the truth that Macron makes Donnie look like a wimp.

[calimary]

50. I'm liking this new French president.

For precisely those reasons!

[cilla4progress]

35. We are all

French and German now!

[SunSeeker]

36. THIS. This is leadership. This is defending one's country and calling out its enemies.

Notice the difference with Trump, who won't even admit Russia hacked our election.

[dalton99a]

39. Who is a surrender monkey now?

[workinclasszero]

42. GRIN

?1476188840

[dalton99a]

44. +1

[DinahMoeHum]

40. Tee hee! Macron's got big ones.

First with Trump, then with Putin.

[47of74]

41. In my dream world the speech would have ended with...

...you have six hours to get out of French territory.

[DDySiegs]

45. Putin Really Looks Very uncomfortable

Superb Monsieur Le President!!!

[Fritz Walter]

46. Never thought I'd post this, but here we are

Entered the rabbit hole last November and have been free-falling ever since.

Viva la France!

Substitute "Госуда́рственный гимн Росси́йской Федера́ции" (the Russian national anthem) for the Nazi song, and this clip resonates like a bell just rung.

[calimary]

51. Love it!

[Honeycombe8]

47. Now THAT'S how you do it. nt

[zentrum]

48. Macron is Great. And

....I actually worry about the revenge his two recent thug visitors will try to wreak on him.

[Madam45for2923]

53. Putin looks puny in stature & demeanor there.

[Eyeball_Kid]

54. Looks like the French made a good choice.

[Eyeball_Kid]

55. I think we're seeing what "moral courage" looks like.

[jpak]

56. Avec #Poutine?

[Buck Turgidson]

63. OMG! Putin in French is Poutine.

[Scurrilous]

57. K&R

[ProudProgressiveNow]

58. K&R nt

[doc03]

59. Look for him to trip and fall out of a 20th floor hotel room or shoot himself

5 times in the back of his head in a suicide.

[Thinkingabout]

61. The big difference in a real president, one who know how to conduct himself and even standing

up to Putin and his game. Our president on the other hand is a petulant brat about the age of five.

[niyad]

82. we should not refer to the five-yer-old as "our president", because he is neither.

[burrowowl]

64. I listened to the clip

He didn't mince words!

[JHan]

65. extremement impressionnant

[democrank]

66. This is real leadership.

Hope Republicans we're watching.

[Quixote1818]

67. Germany and France are telling Putin that Europe will stand up to his fucking ass!

With or without the US.

[applegrove]

68. If our leaders do not lead, we will find other leaders to follow.

[onetexan]

69. he's got guts

something i wish at times Obama would have had more of during his time in office.

[Skittles]

70. he impresses me more every day

[Maraya1969]

71. Macron is so hot with his firm intelligent stance! He's not afriad of the bullies

like our entire GOP is. They look like such kittehs compared to him!!

(Would love to hear more talk like this from our Dems too. it seems like Maxine Walters is one of the strongest so far! )

[NewJeffCT]

75. so, the president of France can say that about Russia

with Putin right next to him. But, Lil Trump can't say "radical Islamic terrorism" when speaking to the Saudis. Not exactly the "alpha" male that Trump makes himself out to be, is he? Would that make Trump a "beta" male, or is there something lower than that? Gamma? Omega?

[liberalnarb]

76. I'm not crazy about Macrons centrism, but damn he's a badass.

The guy really knows how to piss off a fascist.

[AgadorSparticus]

79. Macron is taking names and kicking ass!! the people of France sure hit the jackpot w Macron.

Putin is a threat to worldwide democracy and needs to be squashed. Glad the leaders of the free world are calling a spade a spade.

[Javaman]

80. this is why I have always loved the French and the right wing hates them...

because, for the most part, they are no bullshit.

[heaven05]

81. putie, to me

looks like he's thinking, I wish I had never met that orange orangutan in the WH.