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Trump, meeting with the Prince of Wales: “He is doing a fantastic job”
The President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, met this Saturday in Paris with the Prince of Wales, William, after both participated in the reopening ceremony of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
The meeting took place at the residence of the British ambassador in the French capital, where they greeted each other with a handshake and a brief “delighted to see him.” Then, they posed before the photographers while Trump commented: “Hello everyone, you are doing a fantastic job,” pointing at the prince with his thumb.
At another moment of the greeting, Trump described William, heir to the British throne, as “a good man,” according to a video published on the social network X by Margo Martin, deputy director of communications of the US leader, who worked with him during his first term (2017-2021).
Trump and the Prince of Wales at the reopening of Notre Dame
Trump, Guillermo and several heads of state and government attended the reopening ceremony of Notre Dame, invited by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Hours earlier, an official spokesman for Kensington Palace confirmed that William planned to meet with Trump, who will take power on January 20, 2025, as well as with the first lady of the United States, Jill Biden, also in Paris.
The last time the two coincided was in 2019, during a state visit by the then president to the United Kingdom.
Now, the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, returned this Saturday to the international scene with a trip to Paris, where he starred in a peculiar handshake with French President Emmanuel Macron, and that his supporters of the American right interpreted as an attempt to “dominate” him.
The gesture took place on the steps of the Elysée Palace. When he got out of his vehicle, Trump pulled Macron’s right hand tightly towards his body while they both hugged and shook hands firmly, shaking them vigorously.
Although both smiled at the photographers’ flashes, it seemed that they clung to each other with intensity.
Uncomfortabon moment causes furor in Trump’s followers
The episode unleashed the fury of some Trump supporters, who on social networks made it clear that they saw the actions of the president-elect as a deliberate attempt to intimidate Macron.
“That’s my president,” the user ‘Johnny Maga’ said in X, while Miranda Devine, columnist for the conservative newspaper New York Post, wrote: “He’s back!” Both messages were shared by Karoline Leavitt, appointed by Trump as his future spokesperson in the White House.
In addition to the comments on social networks, conservative media in the United States highlighted the gesture.
The New York Post tited: “Trump dominates Macron during a tense handshake in a meeting prior to the reopening of Notre Dame,” while the Fox network summarized what happened by pointing out how Trump had “dominated” world leaders in Paris.
Expectations of the meeting
The meeting between both leaders had raised great expectations, since this was Trump’s first trip abroad since his electoral victory on November 5, and Macron was the first European president he met with.
This is not, however, the first peculiar handshake between the two leaders.
In May 2017, when they met for the first time before the NATO summit in Brussels, both starred in a squeeze so firm that their knuckles turned white.
Subsequently, Macron confessed to a newspaper that that gesture was not “innocent” and that, for him, it had represented a “moment of truth” to make it clear to his American counterpart that he would not be intimidated.
International
Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
Internacionales
Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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