When US President Donald Trump and France's Emmanuel Macron meet next week, there will be more back-slapping -- but also major differences. While Trump's relations with German Chancellor Angela Merkel have often been tetchy and he has clashed publicly with British Prime Minister Theresa May, the mercurial US leader has been consistently friendly with France's 40-year-old centrist. "The friendship between our two nations and ourselves is unbreakable," Trump told Macron during his trip to Paris last July, which ended with their famous 25-second-long handshake. "Everybody has been asking the same question: why is Macron getting along with Trump?" "The question is also why does Trump like Macron?

Source: Bangkok Post April 21, 2018 02:48 UTC