Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron embody the ongoing war between liberals and populists – Telegraph.co.uk

French President Emmanuel Macron will host US President Donald Trump on Thursday and Friday for Bastille Day talks which coincide with the 100th anniversary of US involvement in World War Two. The meeting, between two leaders vastly different in age and political philosophies, will be intriguing for the common ground that they seek to find.

Trump has referred to his great relationship with Macron, and it is true that they share political positioning as perceived insurgent outsiders with a business background. Moreover, the two have a number of shared international objectives, including in countering international terrorism with France, for instance, the second largest contributor to the US-led coalition in Syria.

Yet, while both Macron and Trump have political reasons to court each other, the context for the meeting is the stark policy divergences. Already the two presidents have clashed...

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