Mr Trump admitted to President Macron of France that Bastille Day “was one of the greatest parades” he had ever seen BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty ImagesFrench displays of martial might on Bastille Day impressed President Trump so much that he has ordered his staff to look into creating a similar military parade in Washington to mark Independence Day. Mr Trump admitted yesterday to President Macron of France that he had not appreciated “what great warriors” the homeland of Napoléon Bonaparte and Lafayette had produced. This had been put right in July when Mr Trump visited Paris. “I was your guest at Bastille Day, and it was one of the greatest parades I’ve ever seen,” he told Mr Macron when they met in New York yesterday. “It was military might, and I think a tremendous thing for France and for the spirit of France.”Mr Trump said he hoped to outdo…

Source: The Times September 19, 2017 00:56 UTC