This is a pretty hilarious headline if one stops to think about it. Macron is not so deep in le deux-deux that he has time to go to war against the United States?

Over Greenland?

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France has discussed with Denmark sending troops to Greenland in response to United States President Donald Trump's repeated threats to annex the Danish territory, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.https://t.co/eEneYCAC3m

— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) January 28, 2025

What a feisty little Grenouille Macron is. Always spoiling for a fight.

He has the blood of conquerers beating in his heart.

Did anyone accuse President Macron of being a Nazi? pic.twitter.com/TEMfxfpv0m

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 23, 2025

Even though his governance of the country has been a frightful mess, he's always ready to commit France to spending money on something flashy to distract from it.

Macron's offer is not going without some brutal comments passing on it, as the French reputation for battlefield valor is a bit...well...set in the public's mind, shall we say.

What for? To help Greenland surrender more effectively?

— Bitcoin Morfeo (@BitcoinMorfeo) January 28, 2025

In a moment of levelheadedness, the Danes were like, 'Merci non.' Moral support is all they'll need, preferring to handle it on their own.

France has discussed with Denmark sending troops to Greenland in response to United States President Donald Trump's repeated threats to annex the Danish territory, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.

Barrot said in an interview with France's Sud Radio that France "started discussing [troop deployment] with Denmark," but that it was not "Denmark's wish" to proceed with the idea.

Barrot's comments came as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was in the middle of a lightning tour of European capitals to drum up support from allies in dealing with Trump.

It seems to me that, rather than flex his flaccid muscles on some frozen backwater that doesn't even belong to them, the elven French president might do better to keep the troops home and straighten out the streets in, oh, say, Nice vice Nuuk.

 Maybe put some in their subways, which are not so friendly.

ADMIN POST.

Sunday at the Guillotière metro station, in Lyon.

A man accidentally bumps into another.

He runs up behind him and stabs him in the neck.

Suspect being sought. pic.twitter.com/enpb2levJ1

— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) January 28, 2025

Then there's the welcoming business climate France offers as the founder of crypto company Ledger found out last week. David Balland, who no longer worked for the company, was minding his own business at home when things went horribly wrong - as in over-the-top, mob-movie, Hollywood-style wrong.

Dear God.

A millionaire crypto boss has been rescued from kidnappers by French special forces – but they arrived too late to stop the captors chopping off his finger.

David Balland, 36, and his wife, Amandine, were abducted from their home in Vierzon, central France, in the early hours of Tuesday morning and driven to two separate locations as the kidnappers demanded a reported $10 million (£8 million) ransom be paid.

The GIGN, a French elite police tactical unit specialising in hostage situations, formed part of a 230-person force sent to find the couple as a news blackout was put in place around the fast-moving situation. When they finally swooped on a remote house some 65 kilometres away, near Châteauroux, they found Mr Balland bloodied and bruised, and missing a digit.

They arrested nine men and a woman aged between 20 and 40. Police are hunting for further potential accomplices.

This is nightmare fuel stuff.

...On Tuesday, armed criminals burst into the home of Mr Balland, a boyish techno geek whose ex-colleagues say lives a discreet life and is “not motivated by money”. Located behind pine trees in a development outside Vierzon, his house is situated in 3,000 square metres of grounds and includes a swimming pool and an American SUV.

Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor, told reporters that the couple were then driven to another address, where the kidnappers “beat up” Mr Balland and cut off part of one of his fingers and sent it to a business associate.

According to a source close to the case, the “associate” was Éric Larchevêque, a co-founder of Ledger, who alerted police to the kidnapping after receiving a video showing Mr Balland’s severed digit, and a “large” ransom demand to be paid in cryptocurrency.

Good God almighty, who does such things?

Oh. Hello.

...“They have profiles of [drug dealing] jobbers from housing estates,” an investigative source was cited as saying.

According to Le Parisien, police became swiftly convinced the kidnapping had been carried out by teams of young criminals, apparently well prepared but recruited and “remote-controlled” by unknown masterminds.

The prosecutor declined to be drawn on whether foreign-based individuals were behind the kidnapping, saying that police were seeking to “identify everybody involved”.

Once again, the old 'declined to name the suspects' dodge out of European authorities. It's a dead giveaway.

Oh man. @Ledger is a French gem crypto technology company. The founder, despite the insane taxes, chose to set up their R&D center in France instead of going straight for the US. On top of that, they deal with crime caused by a super lenient justice system. That's dedication. I'm… pic.twitter.com/8g5FYrlL8y

— Alex Beaurepaire eu/acc (@AlexBeaurepaire) January 23, 2025

Lucky thing that special police unit was available. Shoot - judging by what's leaked, they might well already be acquainted with a fair number of the perps.

It would be prudent to keep French soldiers home, non?

M Macron's popularity in France sinks to a disastrous new low.....

Would a State Visit to Paris by Mr Starmer cheer everybody up? Lighten the mood? Bring a sense of joie de vivre?

That je ne sais quoi?

Just wondered......https://t.co/rSE4ECy18G

— Latimer Alder (@latimeralder) January 28, 2025

How can someone be 'bored' who obviously has so much on his plate he has to fix?

And how do progressives always choose the wrong thing to do...

Macron's TikTok disaster: Bid to look cool backfires after president chats with 'influencer' who calls him a 'dwarf married to his teacher' who 'runs a country the size of a potato' https://t.co/7Hwvxo4PqS pic.twitter.com/c0LTnaxQZQ

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) January 28, 2025

...when they finally get around to doing something?

...One radio host quipped: 'By offering a presidential platform to the first imbecile who comes along, Macron undermines the credibility of France.' 

Others accused him of prioritising social media stunts over pressing economic and political challenges. 

President Macron's decision to collaborate with the content creator was intended to bridge the gap between the political elite and the younger generation. 

However, the choice of platform and influencer has been met with skepticism and ridicule, and the initiative, aimed at connecting with younger voters, has spectacularly backfired, leading to a significant decline in his approval ratings.

Critics argue that the move appears insincere and highlights a disconnect between the president and the public.  

After a week like this, I guess invading Greenland looks like a terrific idea. 

Especially if they let him be at the head of the liberating Army - a veritable Napolean Macron, waving a tiny sword while mounted - safely - on a shetland pony.

What a vision.

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