Posted on 08/26/2019 8:18:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin
French President Emmanuel Macron issued a fiery response to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for social media comments that appeared to criticize the appearance of French first lady Brigitte Macron.
The French president’s remarks came on the final day of the annual meeting of the Group of Seven leaders in Biarritz, France, where the subject of raging fires in the Amazon had led to criticism of the Brazilian government and a pledge by world leaders to start a $20 million fund to help protect the rainforest.
Bolsonaro...has called the international criticism of his government by European nations a reflection of a “colonialist mentality."
...pushed the political dispute into personal territory Sunday, when he appeared to endorse a meme from a supporter that compared the appearance of the French first lady, 67, with Brazil’s first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, 37.
On Saturday, a supporter of the Brazilian president posted a photograph of the two world leaders and their wives on Bolsonaro’s official Facebook page, with a comment that suggested Macron was jealous of Bolsonaro.
In response, Bolsonaro responded with laughter and wrote: “Do not embarrass the guy.”
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They own a chocolate business, not super rich, but probably comfortable. Macron's parents were both doctors, one a professor, so he grew up comfortably too.
He could have gotten a wife young enough to actually give him children, if he wanted to.
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