{"id":22676,"date":"2025-02-25T23:19:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22676"},"modified":"2025-02-25T23:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:19:52","slug":"emmanuel-macron-praised-for-grabbing-donald-trumps-arm-and-interrupting-him-mid-interview-to-correct-his-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22676","title":{"rendered":"Emmanuel Macron praised for grabbing Donald Trump\u2019s arm and interrupting him mid-interview to correct his claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Emmanuel Macron has been praised for grabbing Donald Trump\u2019s arm and correcting his false claims mid-interview.<\/p>\n

The 47-year-old\u00a0French<\/a>\u00a0president was forced to fact-check the 78-year-old\u00a0Republican<\/a>\u00a0leader in real time as he tried to push the narrative that Ukraine had taken advantage of\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0support during its defence against Russia, with\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0claiming it was now time for the States to be paid back during a press conference in Washington.<\/p>\n

In an interview, Macron told reporters: “This war cost all of us a lot of\u00a0money<\/a>, and this is the responsibility of Russia because the aggressor is Russia.”<\/p>\n

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French president Emmanuel Macron visited Donald Trump at the White House recently (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Trump then interjected, stating with total confidence that EU aid to Ukraine was all in the form of loans: “Just so you understand, Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back.”<\/p>\n

It was at this point that Macron interrupted Trump by placing his hand on his wrist as he said: “No. To be frank, we paid 60% of the total effort. Like the US, loans, guarantees, grants, and we provided real money.”<\/p>\n

He added: “If 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.”<\/p>\n

“If you believe that, it’s OK with me,” Trump then sheepishly replied, before maintaining his initial claim: “But they get their money back and we don’t.”<\/p>\n

After seeing the Fox News clip, people rushed to\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0to share their thoughts on the interaction with one person writing: “I have never seen another world leader physically halt another to clarify a fact. This is legit embarrassing.”<\/p>\n

“Trump is embarrassing! America is humiliated!” penned a second, while a third chimed in: “Trump’s face as he\u2019s being schooled is priceless. What a manbaby.<\/p>\n

“Everyone should do more of this. Europe has clearly had enough.”<\/p>\n

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Macron has been flooded with praise for fact-checking Trump in real time (CBS)<\/cite><\/div>\n

A fourth quipped: “I love Trump’s embarrassment when he is being corrected. So satisfying to see his smug face!”<\/p>\n

“He needs someone like him next to him to correct him,” urged a fifth, as another praised: “Well done Monsieur Macron!”<\/p>\n

And a final social media user declared: “Macron\u2019s swift fact-check of Trump\u2019s Ukraine claims was a masterclass in leadership – bold, sharp, and necessary.<\/p>\n

“Trump\u2019s bluster crumbled under real-time scrutiny, exposing his weakness on the global stage. More of this, please – Europe deserves a partner, not a showman.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Emmanuel Macron has been praised for grabbing Donald Trump\u2019s arm and correcting his false claims mid-interview. The 47-year-old\u00a0French\u00a0president was forced to fact-check the 78-year-old\u00a0Republican\u00a0leader in real time as … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22678,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22676\/revisions\/22678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}