Kim ScheinbergApr 26, 2025

Everything Macron does here is calculated. It's the difference between leaving no tip and leaving a nickel as a tip—the latter is a no-ambiguity message, "This wasn't oversight, it was a deliberate choice"

And it's not just that Macron doesn't shake Trump's hand, it's that his hand moves to Zelenskyy's back after letting Trump hang in midair

The contrast between his admiration for one man and contempt for the other couldn't be clearer

No 'fuck you' can compete with a French fuck you

Show threadAinsley LowbeerApr 26, 2025
@kims Macron, the current leader of the free world.
Show threadGurre VildskäggApr 26, 2025
@AinsleyLowbeer @kims
I'm very much not a fan of his domestic politics, but damn it he's handling international relations well. President of the EU country with a permanent seat in the Security Council is a good position for him in these times.
Show threadSeiðr

@Gurre @AinsleyLowbeer @kims 'E's a racist, classist, unbearable full of himself cunt, but he's our* racist, classist, unbearable full of himself cunt.

*What passes for the free world, now that the USA have thrown in the towel and gone full fash.

Apr 26, 2025 at 9:37pmWeb
Show threadEMC2Apr 26, 2025
@Illuminatus @Gurre @AinsleyLowbeer @kims
and in Canada, we have Doug Ford, the Premier of Ontario. He's an asshole, but he's a patriotic, won't bow to Trump and not supportive of the current federal Con (pretty much Fascist) govt. So he's OUR asshole.
Show threadkauerApr 26, 2025
@Illuminatus @Gurre @AinsleyLowbeer @kims all democracy is about choosing the least worst option and hoping the choices this time are better than the choices last time.