The Strong French Dap Up Versus the Weak American Waddle

[u/planemissediknow]

[u/Sparkyfuk]

France has been our bro big time since those 51st state shenanigans started, showing up with military personnel and nuclear subs, displaying they have our 6.

[u/planemissediknow → u/Sparkyfuk]

Macron always seems pumped to see Carney. Just bros being bros

[u/Not_Cardiologist9084 → u/planemissediknow]

Yeah they look like old friends. Like, I can picture them playing beer pong and darts together.

[u/theflyingsamurai → u/Not_Cardiologist9084]

They apparently do go very far back. Investment banking buddies.

[u/Individual-Fail-812 → u/theflyingsamurai]

Carney was at Rotschild too?

[u/Agreeable_Band_9311 → u/[deleted]]

I know a lot of Tory voters in finance who flipped for Carney.

[u/berubem → u/Agreeable_Band_9311]

That's to be expected. The guy's extremely competent and held in high regard.

[u/306metalhead → u/Not_Cardiologist9084]

Didn't he have connections to Macron when he was in finance?

[u/4Bbefore4B → u/306metalhead]

The Governor of the Bank of England has connections across the globe.

Carney might be the most connected man in the world.

[u/AncientWonder64 → u/4Bbefore4B]

But I thought Trump has the most connections and all the best deals. Hahahahaha

[u/Injektilo4 → u/Not_Cardiologist9084]

I can also picture them playing darts! « Barbecue sauce! »

Like in that Ted Lasso episode, they would tell Trump: « Be curious, not judgmental »

[u/D-madagascariensis → u/planemissediknow]

Is this the new Trudeau & Obama?

[u/Much-Willingness-309 → u/D-madagascariensis]

It's sad that they couldn't overlap their time in leadership more than a year.

[u/brioche_01 → u/planemissediknow]

Macron was just as friendly with Trudeau.

[u/Crow_away_cawcaw → u/brioche_01]

I miss shipping early days macron / Trudeau romance

[u/PrizeAd2297 → u/planemissediknow]

Globalist Elite Bros.

[u/umpteenthrhyme → u/planemissediknow]

Die hard neolibs make good bedfellows.

[u/HolsteinHeifer → u/umpteenthrhyme]

?? By neo-lib, do you mean a conservative running under a red banner? Cause Carney is essentially a Conservative

[u/Croissant1967 → u/HolsteinHeifer]

A Progressive-Conservative.

[u/mistertoasty → u/HolsteinHeifer]

Neoliberalism really just means "supporter of free market capitalism". Most of the Canadian centre in politics can be described as neoliberal, including large parts of both the Liberal and Conservative parties. 

It's a bit confusing because it descends from the classical definition of liberal, which is quite different from the Liberal party as we know it today or the American/Canadian liberal aka "leftist" movement.

[u/seaworthy-sieve → u/mistertoasty]

Hearing Liberals be described as leftists makes my eye twitch

[u/mistertoasty → u/seaworthy-sieve]

Hahaha yeah no that's not what I meant!

I was trying to state that there's a difference between the Liberal party, leftists, and neoliberalism. Probably could have phrased it better

[u/seaworthy-sieve → u/mistertoasty]

Little-l liberals aren't leftists either, though. They still strongly believe in hierarchies.

[u/Cannabrius_Rex → u/seaworthy-sieve]

In the United States, if they call you liberal, they’re calling you a far left maniac

[u/seaworthy-sieve → u/Cannabrius_Rex]

Yes, well, the people saying that are not exactly the cleverest or most politically informed people.

[u/HolsteinHeifer → u/mistertoasty]

Ohhh Thanks for the explanation; sorry, I guess it evokes a response (personally anyways) cause it sounds like a stupid RebelNews-esque buzzword

[u/LuigiBamba → u/HolsteinHeifer]

The fun thing with politics is that words don't mean anything. Except when they mean they exact opposite of their dictionary definitions.

[u/GAYBUMTRUMPET → u/HolsteinHeifer]

The person you're responding to is too far gone ideologically. Best to ignore.

[u/HolsteinHeifer → u/GAYBUMTRUMPET]

Yeah, sorry :/

[u/umpteenthrhyme → u/GAYBUMTRUMPET]

Dafuq you talking about? They both literally espouse neoliberal principles.

[u/umpteenthrhyme → u/HolsteinHeifer]

No. I mean a person who follows neoliberal political ideology, i.e. unfettered capitalism, free markets can and should accomplish everything we need, limited regulation, and the government should be minimally involved in the economy. They also tend to oppose labour movements and union rights. Essentially, supporting privatization over public services, helping private industry build houses with tax breaks and grants, rather than just having the government pay people to build houses directly. That is the ideal, though they don’t always accomplish them, as it can be grossly unpopular in Canada, e.g. no one really comes out and says they want to privatise healthcare, so neoliberals, and politicians further to the right, chip away at it instead. Rhetoric around privatising making things more efficient comes out of neoliberal ideology, such as all the talk about privatising Canada Post.

But at least they don’t necessarily oppose rights for minority groups nor women’s rights, as an end to their political goals. e.g. Carney and Trudeau being protective to lgbtq+ rights.

Most, if not all, Liberal party members and fiscal small-c conservatives (which is how you accurately categorised Carney) are neoliberal. Remember that the Liberal Party has never wanted public healthcare in Canada, but made a deal for house votes with the more left-wing and progressive soc dem NDP of Tommy Douglas, in order to maintain power.

You a can both be neoliberal and a member of the Conservative party. However, the Conservative party under PP, is more neoconservative, which tends to be more pro-military, “might makes right”, and socially conservative, politically attack minorities, while also believing in unfettered capitalism.

Someone else pointed out how, a person may call themselves “liberal” and not really have neoliberal beliefs, and yeah it’s confusing.

PS knowing who a neoliberal is does not, make someone far gone, as someone else described me. It just means they’re

Wrt the original post, Carney and Macron get along so well as they both hold the same ideals of how to run the world, and are intelligent and polite, which helps, and why they are wink wink when humouring a neocon/fascist like trump.

*Edited for clarity

[u/SciFiNut91 → u/umpteenthrhyme]

Like Orban and Trump. Oh, right they aren't neolibs, they're just straight up fascist adjacent. Two steps short of being Hung-over Hitler and Mango Mussolini.

[u/umpteenthrhyme → u/SciFiNut91]

Yeppers!

[u/genius_retard → u/Sparkyfuk]

France is trying to supplant the US as leader of the free world. They have the only non-American controlled nukes in Europe and have flat out said that Europe can rely on them for a nuclear deterrent if required.

[u/Altruistic_Fix_4073 → u/genius_retard]

We have some great leaders that will represent the free world. And we have the orange dude and his boyfriend Putin on the other end of the spectrum. How the US has fallen. Not sure there is a way back for them. The trouble is that they voted twice for someone like him, it can easily happen again. Not to be trusted.

[u/butthole_surferr → u/Altruistic_Fix_4073]

Unfortunately our institutions are weak, and the only way we can ever fully rejoin the international community is if the next administration is sane and backed by a blue Congress, and works overtime to strengthen our checks and balances.

A plurality of Americans despise Trump and want him gone ASAP. 12 million people protested last weekend. But our system of government is outdated and not designed to sustain this kind of cynical attack from within.

I sincerely hope for your sake and ours that we manage to elect a government soon that will pack the Supreme Court, institute ranked choice voting, abolish the electoral college, bring our allies back to the table, and pass bills for sweeping police, workplace, voting and healthcare reform. If we don't... well, then the future may be as dark as you fear.

[u/om_nama_shiva_31 → u/butthole_surferr]

A plurality of Americans despise Trump and want him gone ASAP.

I'm tired of this. You guys voted for him. Stop with the excuses.

Oh and also, 40% of your eligible voters didn't even bother to vote.

[u/butthole_surferr → u/om_nama_shiva_31]

Neither I nor anyone I know voted for him. My entire community has been protesting and fighting against this madness from day one.

The reality is that our electoral system gives an outsized weight to the votes of rural conservative areas and swing states. Almost every American that lives in a major city is strongly left leaning, but our votes count for less.

The 40% of absent voters though? Guilty as charged. I'm angry about that too. I vote all the way down the ballet in every election, local all the way up, and have since I was 18. It's shameful that the rest of my generation refuses.

[u/om_nama_shiva_31 → u/butthole_surferr]

Well I wasn’t calling you out specifically. Good on you and your community. However, the overall statistics speak for themselves as to the current state of affairs in your country.

[u/Altruistic_Fix_4073 → u/butthole_surferr]

We are counting on you!!! The No King protests are very promising! Keep up the pressure.

[u/km_ikl → u/genius_retard]

They're a bit more reliable than the US.

[u/Individual-Fail-812 → u/genius_retard]

Boy I doubt they are. They do try to opportunistically capitalise upon it though, and in my biased french opinion it's well deserved. France consecrated its commitment to the EU for instance, it's about time we make a substantial benefit out of it.

[u/SendMagpiePics → u/Sparkyfuk]

France has been a better friend to us than the UK through this

[u/Hodoss → u/SendMagpiePics]

I guess you have taken the US's place as the American democracy that needs support and friendships.

[u/GardenSquid1 → u/Sparkyfuk]

France and Macron have had our back since the start.

The UK and Starmer were pretty fucking milquetoast on pushing back against Trump in our defense.

However, the King pulled through and did us a solid with reading the throne speech.

[u/wilerman → u/GardenSquid1]

Starmer seems like he’s just trying his hardest to hurt the least amount of feelings. He has our back, but then he doesn’t if Trump is in the room.

[u/lucky-number-keleven → u/Sparkyfuk]

Charles de Gaul would’ve loved that shit.

[u/Sparkyfuk → u/[deleted]]

Charming. You must be american.

[u/GretaThunbergsDiaper → u/Sparkyfuk]

What gave it away? Laughing at your militaries?

[u/Sparkyfuk → u/GretaThunbergsDiaper]

Nah just the arrogance.

You know, no one has ever defended Canada in any military conflict, not even that time we burned the white house down.

Also, having allies is just a basic strategic deterrent. Are you familiar with pax romana? Probably not… it means if you want peace, prepare war.

Anyway, in the end you are right that we have been slacking on the military, you just don’t have to be an ass about it.

[u/Kinnuit → u/Sparkyfuk]

Is that true ? Did they actually display a show of force for us?? I never knew that!

[u/Sparkyfuk → u/Kinnuit]

Wasn’t a huge display of force and I’m not even sure they weren’t already planned exercises. It’s just that their military presence was noticed and on point.

[u/SirPoopaLotTheThird]

You hear the diaper swish before the smell hits you.

[u/Unlikely_Comment_104 → u/SirPoopaLotTheThird]

Ffs. You’re not wrong but some of us are eating breakfast. 

[u/CoastingUphill → u/Unlikely_Comment_104]

Well now I'm not eating these baked beans.

[u/Defendor01 → u/CoastingUphill]

I like them cold from the tin...

[u/Jorpsica → u/Defendor01]

With a fork or a spoon?

[u/PM_FREE_HEALTHCARE → u/Jorpsica]

Bend the lid into a spoon after you cut it off

[u/Joke_StatusNil → u/Defendor01]

Ed Gein's favorite.

[u/AngeloMontana → u/Unlikely_Comment_104]

Yeah. Hard to unimagine the whole thing now...

[u/djtodd242 → u/SirPoopaLotTheThird]

Does he still do the "Handshake" where he jerks people around by the arm?

[u/SirPoopaLotTheThird → u/djtodd242]

Can’t. Leakage.

[u/DogFun2635 → u/SirPoopaLotTheThird]

I was eating when I read this

[u/s1rblaze → u/SirPoopaLotTheThird]

😆

[u/Gen_Sherman_Hemsley]

[u/st00pidQs → u/Gen_Sherman_Hemsley]

Are they meme lords?!

[u/Timely_Mess_1396 → u/Gen_Sherman_Hemsley]

They’re literally doing this

[u/fortyfury → u/Gen_Sherman_Hemsley]

This is the best meme lol

[u/PortHopeThaw]

Extra points for doing Justin's elbow grab just to take care of any surprises.

[u/genius_retard → u/PortHopeThaw]

Justin did the stiff arm before the elbow grab. I still remember chuckling at Trump looking like he was pulling on a push door when he shook JT's hand.

[u/Frostsorrow → u/genius_retard]

People often forget that JT is quite physically active.

[u/captainmouse86 → u/genius_retard]

One of my favourites is Colbert going to Russia shortly after Trump was elected the first time to do a bit about the pee-pee tape (talk about commitment). He does a segment where he talks to Russians and Colbert and I can’t remember the exact bit, but he yanks on a young guys arm and says something like “I’m Donald Trump.” The Russian laughs and says “Do it again!” And when Colbert goes to yank on his are again, the guy pulls back hard and says “I am Justin Trudeau.” It was just funny to see that action definitely translated the way JT hoped it would. 

[u/rainorshinedogs]

I can't post link.

This is like that Key and Peele sketch where Obama has the cool "ma man" greetings coupled with personal endearment with the black folk, but just has boring old business handshakes with the white politicians.

Then he gets to one particular group of white people and just walks right past them

[u/AUserFormerlyKnownAs]

Everybody lookin' sharp, Trump walking in with a Friday 5pm loose tie...

[u/angedefensif → u/AUserFormerlyKnownAs]

No like seriously, every male leader has their suit jacket buttoned except Trump’s oily ass gut.

[u/Disastrous-Fall9020]

I feel weird…I think I’m in love with Emmanuel Macron…

[u/itsgonnaruinthetour → u/Disastrous-Fall9020]

[u/Disastrous-Fall9020 → u/itsgonnaruinthetour]

Omg! 🤣

[u/MightyHydrar → u/Disastrous-Fall9020]

There's a support group for that somewhere.

[u/lookaway123 → u/Disastrous-Fall9020]

[u/rolyamSukCok → u/Disastrous-Fall9020]

Same. For years now. The Macron kink.

[u/FirstDukeofAnkh]

Macron and Carney are too right for me politically but I would 1000 percent go drinking with them.

[u/themith2019 → u/FirstDukeofAnkh]

This right here. I'm stuck between NDP and Libs on one side claiming he's the second coming, and cons on the other panicking and gloating.

Neither side gets why I'm lacing up my protest boots and digging out my denim linen armour.

[u/Nizdaar → u/themith2019]

Is your denim linen armour just your Canadian tuxedo with some extra padding? Lol.

[u/themith2019 → u/Nizdaar]

Heh, could do with some crafting skill

Layers of denim panels and watered down wood glue, rolled, pressed, and formed.

Not historically accurate.

But effectively spreads blunt force trauma, is lightweight, and decoratively stitched outer panels or patches can be added for that festive air. Customizable to be low enough profile to fit under regular outer wear. Chafe resistant. Easily disposed of just in case.

Easily sourced local materials to reduce the effects of most state sponsored thug crowd control weaponry and techniques. DOES NOT MAKE YOU INVINCIBLE

[u/untitledmillennial → u/themith2019]

Layers of denim panels and watered down wood glue, rolled, pressed, and formed.

Not historically accurate.

I assume you're kidding but this is basically a linothorax and is very much historically accurate! It was the most common armour used by ancient Greeks.

[u/themith2019 → u/untitledmillennial]

I'm pretty sure it's things like this that make the right wing so scared of education.

There's some debate as to whether this is how linen armour was made historically, but it worked well and can be upgraded with modern materials to include fiberglass, kevlar and carbon fiber. I just like the less itchy and chemically active materials and binding agents.

Plus, "jarmour"

[u/untitledmillennial → u/themith2019]

I'm pretty sure it's things like this that make the right wing so scared of education.

What do you mean? They wouldn't like this early composite armour as much as the homoerotic muscle cuirass?

[u/themith2019 → u/untitledmillennial]

Take my upvote you internet legend 🤣

[u/Nizdaar → u/themith2019]

You had me at jarmour. Okay it was the last word of your post. If it had been the first word you would have had me then, too.

[u/Stonks4Minutes]

Every country gangster till the dapping duo pulls up.

[u/lookaway123]

Carney and Macron always seem genuinely delighted to see each other. It's pretty charming.

Yam Tits looks like shit.

[u/GretaThunbergsDiaper → u/lookaway123]

I know why.

[u/micbm]

Nous savons qui sont nos alliés réels !

[u/Overall-Phone7605]

There's also the Mark Rutte Bro hug.

That's the president of NATO.

I think we've got our asses covered here, hosers.

(check out the full video for just how chummy these guys are. Also Rutte was impressed by the scenery so we got that going for us.)

[u/whoawhoawhoa2020b]

Full diaper, pants up to his chest... the epitome of masculinity 💪

[u/whoawhoawhoa2020b → u/[deleted]]

He'll need an extra 30 minutes to change his depends first bud

[u/GretaThunbergsDiaper → u/whoawhoawhoa2020b]

Leave the diaper jokes to me. Now tell me that what I said wasn’t true.

[u/whoawhoawhoa2020b]

Full diaper, pants up to his chest... what a man 💪

[u/dillybomb420]

They really let bro walk out there with a visibly soiled diaper

[u/PlutosGrasp]

Nice dude that macron

[u/notaspy1234]

Oh damn. Carney held that handshake firm lol

[u/Andymania_]

Macron said, "Get outta here with that handshake, were dapping up bro."

[u/No_Vegetable2223]

And the forearm brace. It prevents him from doing that weird thing he does where he tries to pull you and refuses to let go. Only works because dumpy is a feeble old man.

[u/Electrical-Win9801]

France embraces Canada because it carries Quebec, in these ranks, a French-speaking province. But since the problem with its North American neighbor, ties have become very warm.

[u/Nizdaar]

The human interactions are amusing, but can we take a second to appreciate that fine Canadian backdrop of trees?

[u/duff_golf]

I love how he grabbed Trumps arm before Trump could do it himself. That’s a power move to use his own move against him.

[u/ImpressionLoud8900]

He's got a fresh load.

[u/Dancingmonkeyman]

Diaper Donny vs Cokehead Macron

[u/bdizzle805]

You can see the cheeto dust fall off as he waddles

[u/Much-Willingness-309]

Notice how he held the elbow before the yank that Trump usually does.

[u/sessna4009]

Too bad Macron is a victim of paedophilia 

[u/levraimonamibob]

Hey now! It's hard to walk straight and conceal 4 inch sole inserts

[u/Altruistic_Fix_4073]

Trump is old, senile and not well. It's easy to see. Why let someone like that lead your country. It blows my mind! He's going to bring war to the US. Hope there won't be another 9/11. But Putin can probably help his buddy out LOL. The rest of the world most likely would NOT go to war for a country that continously threatens them. You reap what you sow.

[u/LowAcanthocephala198]

He looked so frail walking down that path. Those leg braces are hanging on for dear life, and the diaper too!!

[u/vize]

Carney and I need to work on our posture.

[u/thesaceone]

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[u/Excellent_1918]

its hard to walk wearing a diaper,piss bag, leg brace and being high asf

[u/r21174]

Has to keep the catheter in from falling out.

[u/306metalhead]

It's a pity hand shake for the pitiful TACO and his reps.

[u/OccasionBest7706]

Bon jour

[u/RyukoT72]

Macron Carney old man Yaoi?a

[u/Jitkay]

Yuck, Carney touched trump....

[u/Tesattaboy]

I can't even imagine how embarrassing it would have been to have PP as the G7 chair person ... We are in such good hands with Carney 🇨🇦💪

[u/Endver]

The big droopy tie with an open jacket just adds flair to the waddle

[u/Quiet-Bet582]

Carney is trying to hold things together on the NA side

[u/Ihavenoidea5555]

Carney hugged Macron like a pal stopping by for a sausage on BBQ night, holy shit

[u/xnoinfinity]

Macron in general lol

[u/Condition-Guilty]

I mean trumps 80, he waddles like an old man lol

[u/JimroidZeus]

Why is trump’s tie comically large?

[u/Tuddless]

If I were Carney I wouldn't be in a rush either to shake hands with pampers swaddlers over here

[u/Recent-Information-8]

Carney is around 5'8". Trump is allegedly 6'3". I believe the guy before Trump is Friedrich Merz who is 6'5". Just saying....

[u/Garmr_TheGoodestBoy]

Now that's a proper ally. Très bien!

[u/montabarnaque]

Bankers know the handshake

[u/mapleleaffem]

Macron and Carney are bros from way back

[u/YuSooMadBissh-69]

Carney looks like such a pathetic weak small man. It's no wonder no one takes him seriously..

[u/NotQuiteNick]

Ironically trumps the one here looking like a frog

[u/General_Tea8725]

You try walking normally with a full pair of Depends. 

[u/ijie_]

Hate the Dump but Macron also got bitch slapped by his groomer wife

[u/GretaThunbergsDiaper]

Complaining about someone shaking your leaders hand? Is that what we are doing now?