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Conservative Never-Trump attorney turned Democratic congressional candidate George Conway joined a wave of critics arguing French President Emmanuel Macron had trolled President Donald Trump by hosting the signing of his Iran deal at the Palace of Versailles. The palace is the site of the infamous 1919 treaty, which ended World War I and, some historians […]

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[–] Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago

I prefer to think he was showing him the place where all the gaudy, gold loving, decadent monarchy lived before getting their heads cut off.

Fingers crossed history repeats itself.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 hours ago

Even the MAGA Twitter account Rapid Response 47 can't spin their way from quoting Trump that doesn't make him sound like an old, tired, doddering idiot.

“Did you sign the MOU?”

“It’s signed, yeah... I signed it in Versailles.”

[–] hungprocess@piefed.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Let us not forget that both the Conways are complete shitheels.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe he just wanted to humble Trump with all the goldenness.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

It can be two things

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, I got that vibe just from the video of him bumbling around on stage after a picture, and I thought it was Macron that pointed him in the right direction.

It's a very specific kind of dickish that I honestly consider an art form. The thing that "bless your heart" southerners try and fail to imitate.

Where you not only pretend to be nice and helpful, but you actually are. It's just everything you do also puts the person in the spotlight and draws attention to their shitty behavior.