But Macron doesn't want his buddy in Moscow humiliated.
I am reminded of a joke Larry the Cable Guy told, the first time Gay Week was held at Walt Disney World in Florida:
Two straight men went to Walt Disney World, not knowing it was Gay Week. When they found out, one said to the other, “Don’t drop your car keys here. You’ll have to kick them all the way out of the park before you can pick them up.”