Emmanuel Macron Expounds as the World Burns
The French president has an answer for every problem, but is anyone listening?
It was a perfect late-summer evening when President Emmanuel Macron—tanned and super-energized in a dark-blue suit and crisp white shirt—held forth before the Elysée press corps on matters of international import. Posh Paris was largely out of town. Nearby, boulangeries, shops, and the French National Assembly were still closed for the August holiday. Tumbleweeds practically blew down the Boulevard Saint-Germain, its cafés filled with tourists and Instagram influencers.
But Macron had a message to deliver: I’m the last man standing, defender of multilateralism,
