Macron says long Trump handshake 'not innocent'

[dalton99a]

54. "At 15, Macron had the maturity of a 25-year-old"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-04-19/france-election-2017-what-s-behind-emmanuel-macron-s-story

Teachers’ Pet Macron Wants to Rewrite French Script
Emmanuel Macron rarely speaks about Amiens, where he met his wife — then his high-school drama coach. Now he’s focusing anew on his roots.
by John Follain and Mark Deen
April 18, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT

The son of a neurologist and a pediatrician, Macron was born in Amiens on the River Somme, which was heavily bombed during both world wars. Its economy has been blighted by the closure of a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in 2014 and job losses at the Whirlpool Corp. appliance factory due next year.

Macron’s bedroom at his house on rue Gaulthier de Rumilly, where he grew up with a younger brother and sister, was dominated by a big bookcase. It was decorated not with posters of rock stars or Che Guevara but with photographs of leading French writers, according to his friend Dartevelle.

The house is in an affluent, southern neighborhood of the city. France’s possible next First Lady, Brigitte Auziere, from a chocolate-making family, lived around the corner. A short walk away is their elite Jesuit school, a sprawling complex where religious studies were optional and which boasts a 750-seat amphitheater and a swimming pool.

“At 15, Macron had the maturity of a 25-year-old,” echoed Daniel Leleu, his ex-sports teacher. “He preferred to spend his time talking with the teachers rather than his classmates.”