In his last meeting in Iowa, Donald Trump derided Emmanuel Macron, mocking his negotiation skills during a telephone conversation. The former US president recounted how he threatened Macron with a 100% tax on French wines and champagnes exported to the United States, as part of the Gafa bill. Trump claimed that Macron had finally given up, but he neglected to mention that France had actually passed this law. These inflammatory statements by Trump have sparked attention as he seeks to position himself as the leading Republican candidate for the upcoming presidential election.
During his meeting in Iowa, Donald Trump attacked Emmanuel Macron, ridiculing his negotiating skills during a telephone conversation. Trump claimed to have threatened Macron with a 100% tax on French wines and champagnes exported to the United States, as part of the Gafa bill. However, he failed to mention that France had finally adopted this law. These statements by Trump are part of his strategy to position himself as the main Republican candidate for the next presidential election, in a context where he is leading the polls in Iowa. However, it is important to take these statements with a grain of salt and examine the facts in their entirety. #DonaldTrump #EmmanuelMacron #negotiation #telephoneconversation #meeting #Iowa #presidential #Gafalawproject #tax #wine #champagnes #UnitedStates #republican #presidentialelection #ridicule #skills #candidate #statements #strategy #polls #adopted #FRT
At a meeting in Iowa former US president Donald Trump once again made headlines with his incendiary statements during this event he attacked his French counterpart Emmanuel macron openly mocking his negotiating skills the details of this telephone conversation between the two leaders have been revealed and they are not flattering for the French
President Donald Trump began by introducing macron sarcastically calling him sympathetic then he returned to an episode of negotiations concerning the gaffa bill which aimed to impose a 3% tax on the turnover achieved in France by digital Giants such as Google Apple Facebook and Amazon Trump recounted how
He told macron that he could not do it thus positioning himself as a strong and confident man he even claimed to have threatened makron with a 100% tax on French wines and Champaign exported to the United States according to Trump’s account this threat panicked maon who begged the US
President not to do so but Trump reportedly arrogantly replied that he was signing the law even as he spoke to mron he concluded by saying that macron had finally given up and that it had been that simple however it is important to note that Trump failed to mention that France
Did in fact pass this law his statements May therefore seem misleading to those who do not know all the details of this case but that didn’t stop Trump from continuing to mock macron and deride his French counterpart in front of his supporters after settling scores with macron Trump also targeted President Joe
Biden with whom he could potentially go head-to-head in the next presidential election he used the event in Iowa to mobilize his supporters for the Republican caucus to be held on January 15th according to polls Trump currently leads all his Republican competitors in the state with a lead of more than 30 percentage
Points this show of strength from Donald Trump shows that he is ready to return to the political scene and position himself as the leading Republican candidate for the next presidential election his direct and provocative style has always been a central characteristic of his political Persona and it appears that this will not change
Anytime soon