Early Thursday morning, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Paris aboard Air Force One. The Trumps will be in Paris for barely over 24 hours to mark Bastille Day on July 14. Along with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Trumps will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entrance into World War I.
First Lady Melania Trump relied on her stylist Herve Pierre for her Paris wardrobe, according to WWD.com:
The pair wanted to pay homage to Dior’s 70th anniversary and the “Christian Dior: Couturier du Rêve” retrospective at Les Arts Décoratifs. For the First Lady of the United States’ arrival in Paris for her first state visit, Dior was the only logical choice, Pierre said. “Dior is attached to France forever. It is a name that is part of the vocabulary.”
Melania Trump went separately to Necker Hospital Pediatric Unit where she visited with a few children. Although the video is odd, Mrs. Trump is clearly gracious with the children.
Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron are expected to meet and discuss their differences, according to The Guardian:
On Thursday afternoon Macron and Trump will hold more than an hour of talks at the Elysée Palace focused mainly on counter-terrorism, Syria, Iraq and French anti-jihadi military operations in north Africa. “Where we have differences, we talk about them very clearly – such as on climate – but there are issues like counter-terrorism where we are on the same line and need close cooperation and common action,” an Elysée official said.
The two leaders are starkly different. Trump, 71, is an anti-globalist elected on a pledge to put America first. Macron, 39, believes in a kind of cosmopolitan globalism and is an ardent pro-European. Yet they share some traits – both were outsiders who challenged their country’s political status quo. Trump loves a winner and although he deemed Macron’s far-right rival, Marine Le Pen, the “strongest” candidate in May’s French presidential election, he has praised Macron’s solid election score.
The celebration of France’s independence or Bastille Day came to a terror stricken halt in Nice this evening. Instead of families celebrating by watching fireworks, they were…
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