FRANCE/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “French President Emmanuel Macron said France and the United States must respect each other, in a response to a flurry of critical tweets by Donald Trump. Macron said in an interview Wednesday [11-14-18] with French television TF1 from the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier off the coast of southern France that ‘the French don’t expect from me to answer to tweets.’ Trump lit into Macron Tuesday [11-13-18] over his suggestion for a European defense force, French tariffs on U.S. wine and even Macron’s approval ratings. Asked whether Trump’s four tweets were unpleasant and inelegant, the French leader answered: ‘you summed up everything.'”
–The Associated Press, “French President Requests Respect Following Trump’s Tweets,” The New York Times online, November 14, 2018