Summary
French President Emmanuel Macron publicly corrected Donald Trump in the Oval Office after Trump falsely claimed Europe was only “loaning” money to Ukraine.
Macron clarified that Europe provided 60% of Ukraine’s wartime aid as grants and guarantees, not loans. Trump smirked but did not contest the correction.
The exchange came as Trump softened his stance on Russia, including voting against a UN resolution for Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine.
That doesn’t mean people shouldn’t be fact-checking him. You won’t sway the faithful, but you can knock some sense into the unaligned.
Fair point. But fact checking isn’t exactly BRUTAL. The language of modern journalism rarely reflects the current state of US politics.
You’re not going to get any argument from me about the scourge of sensationalized headlines.