This Could Be the End of a Beautiful Friendship

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The beautiful friendship between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron is getting rocky:

According to Google Translate:

No leader is eternal. We inherit commitments that exceed us. We wear them. This is the life of nations.

That’s almost poetic! Nice job, Google. Here’s the haiku version:

Leaders pass like mist
But Twitter knows no honor
Trump must learn statecraft

I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

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