That’s what politicians do, especially if they don’t like the winner. Yeah of course Macron thinks trump is a petulant man child, but it doesn’t make sense to needlessly antagonise people as unstable as trump.
It’s like if you’re walking down the road and see a crack head, you’re not going to flip them off and call them a twat. Because A: they might attack you and B: having a reputation as someone who is easy to get along with is a good thing.
The difference is that Putin isn’t unstable. He’s just a dick. Everything he does is deliberate and as such it doesn’t make any sense to be nice. He doesn’t care and is going to do what he wants regardless.
That’s what politicians do, especially if they don’t like the winner. Yeah of course Macron thinks trump is a petulant man child, but it doesn’t make sense to needlessly antagonise people as unstable as trump.
It’s like if you’re walking down the road and see a crack head, you’re not going to flip them off and call them a twat. Because A: they might attack you and B: having a reputation as someone who is easy to get along with is a good thing.
I remember when people used to say that about Vladimir Putin
The difference is that Putin isn’t unstable. He’s just a dick. Everything he does is deliberate and as such it doesn’t make any sense to be nice. He doesn’t care and is going to do what he wants regardless.