Macron Really Is the French Trump

We live in an age that values style over substance, whose defining slogan declares "Image is everything." If we look at Donald Trump, whose oafishness combines every negative American stereotype, and contrast him with French president Emmanuel Macron, whose debonair demeanor seems to be the opposite. But the contrast is purely superficial. Macron, like Trump, was elected by portraying himself as an "entrepreneur," and touted himself as the enemy of the "political elite." As president, Macron cut taxes for the rich, while he tried to increase fuel taxes. The latter measure sparked widespread protests across France, which turned violent. Macron is a jerkass, like in September when Macron told an unemployed man he could find a job just by "crossing the street."