French President Emmanuel Macron issued a message congratulating President-elect Donald Trump on his victory, but his choice of words has X buzzing.
Supporters of Trump have long maintained that his legal troubles are an example of lawfare being waged on him by the disgruntled left, resulting in felony convictions for the president-elect. Whether he intended to or not, Macron’s unfortunate choice of words appeared to many to be a double-entendre.
Congratulations, President @realDonaldTrump. Ready to work together as we did for four years. With your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 6, 2024
“Congratulations, President [Donald Trump]. Ready to work together as we did for four years. With your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity,” he wrote.
While this may have been meant as a message of peace and unity, some took notice of Macron’s decision to use the word “convictions”:
Trying to work out if Macron has actually achieved Boss Level troll status by mentioning Trump’s ‘convictions’ https://t.co/nEyY6xumcD
— Bear Bad Man (@Bear_Bad_Man_) November 6, 2024
Macron to Trump
“With your convictions and mine.”
— (@bobmccoskrienz) November 7, 2024
“Convictions” https://t.co/CbxtcrwPbc
— Bérengère Viennot (@Berentrice) November 7, 2024
For once, AI translation gets it right. https://t.co/GcIagCeN5x pic.twitter.com/uM0Na0jUp3
— Anna Aslanyan (@anna_aslanyan) November 6, 2024
Not sure I would have used the word ‘convictions’ in this context https://t.co/cNocZfn9M9
— Nick Le Huray (Bluesky @Nickleh) (@Nickleh) November 6, 2024
with your convictions hahahaha manny mac you cheeky fucker https://t.co/rpeEAkoDAf
— the rizla (@trolleyollie) November 6, 2024
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