{"id":104552,"date":"2025-02-28T17:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T10:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutiething.com\/?p=26019"},"modified":"2025-02-28T17:13:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T10:13:39","slug":"emmanuel-macron-praised-for-grabbing-donald-trumps-arm-and-interrupting-him-mid-interview-to-correct-his-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/emmanuel-macron-praised-for-grabbing-donald-trumps-arm-and-interrupting-him-mid-interview-to-correct-his-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmanuel Macron praised for grabbing Donald Trump\u2019s arm and interrupting him mid-interview to correct his claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Emmanuel Macron has been praised for grasping Donald Trump\u2019s arm and clarifying his incorrect claims during the interview.\n<p>The 47-year-old French president was forced to fact-check the 78-year-old Republican leader in real-time as he attempted to push the narrative that Ukraine had taken advantage of US support during its defense against Russia, with Trump claiming it was now time for the United States to be reimbursed during a press conference in Washington.\n</p><p>In an interview, Macron told reporters, \u201cThis war cost all of us a lot of money, and this is the responsibility of Russia because the aggressor is Russia.\u201d\n</p><p>Trump then interjected, declaring with complete certainty that all EU help to Ukraine was in the form of loans: \u201cJust so you understand, Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back.\u201d\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-26024 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/Screenshot_1-28.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"855\"' height='\"566\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><h2><strong>At this time, Macron interrupted Trump by placing his palm on his wrist and saying,\n<p>\u201cNo. To be frank, we paid 60% of the total effort. Like the US, loans, guarantees, grants, and we provided real money.\u201d\n</p><p>He added: \u201cIf at the end of the negotiation, they are ready to give it to us, super, it will loan at the end of the day, and we will have paid for that.\u201d\n</p><p>\u201cIf you believe that, it\u2019s OK with me,\u201d Trump then sheepishly replied, before maintaining his initial claim: \u201cBut they get their money back and we don\u2019t.\u201d\n</p><h2><strong>After witnessing the Fox News video, users took to social media to voice their thoughts on the exchange, with one person writing\n<p>\u201cI have never seen another world leader physically halt another to clarify a fact. This is legit embarrassing.\u201d\n</p><p>\u201cTrump is embarrassing! America is humiliated!\u201d penned a second, while a third chimed in: \u201cTrump\u2019s face as he\u2019s being schooled is priceless. What a manbaby.\n</p><p>\u201cEveryone should do more of this. Europe has clearly had enough.\u201d\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-26025 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/Screenshot_2-23.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"580\"' height='\"569\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>A fourth quipped: \u201cI love Trump\u2019s embarrassment when he is being corrected. So satisfying to see his smug face!\u201d\n</p><p>\u201cHe needs someone like him next to him to correct him,\u201d urged a fifth, as another praised: \u201cWell done Monsieur Macron!\u201d\n</p><p>And a final social media user declared: \u201cMacron\u2019s swift fact-check of Trump\u2019s Ukraine claims was a masterclass in leadership \u2013 bold, sharp, and necessary.\n</p><p>\u201cTrump\u2019s bluster crumbled under real-time scrutiny, exposing his weakness on the global stage. More of this, please \u2013 Europe deserves a partner, not a showman.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Emmanuel Macron has been praised for grasping Donald Trump\u2019s arm and clarifying his incorrect claims during the interview. The 47-year-old French president was forced to fact-check the 78-year-old Republican leader in real-time as he attempted to push the narrative that Ukraine had taken advantage of US support during its defense against Russia, with Trump claiming &hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104556,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104552\/revisions\/104556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></strong></h2></strong></h2></strong></h2>