Nonetheless, Macron said his relationship with his American counterpart were fine, despite the tense tweet, noting that the two had quite a bit in common. Macron acknowledged, for example that both of them are “outsiders of the classical politicians.” “Probably because we are very much aligned in the fight against terrorism and we work very closely together following this line,” he added. “We know where we disagree and we are very straightforward in that — on climate, on trade, on multilateralism — but we work very well together because we have very regular and direct discussions.” Still, there are some things where the men are on opposing ends. Donald Trump recently acknowledged that he was a nationalist, whereas Macron sees himself as a patriot. “I would say I’m a patriot. I do believe in the fact that our people are very important and having French people is different from German people. I’m not a believer in the sort of globalism without any differentiation. It’s very inconsistent, and… it makes our people very nervous,” he said. “But I’m not a nationalist.” “I’m a strong believer in cooperation between the different peoples, and I’m a strong believer of the fact that this cooperation is good for everybody, where the nationalists are sometimes much more based on a unilateral approach and the law of the strongest, which is not my case,” he added. “That’s probably our difference.”President Macron of France has just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the U.S., China and Russia. Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO, which the U.S. subsidizes greatly!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2018