On Monday I watched Macron’s speech on French TV and noted some small improvement with his body language and his use of simpler words that everyone could understand, but still, something wasn’t there in term of providing the right response to the strikes and the general dissatisfaction that have punctuated his retirement reform.
Macron is a young leader who confuses firmness with inflexible stubbornness. He won’t admit he is wrong, and yet if his reform was justified, his manner of communicating it to his constituents was deeply flawed.
That’s right, he’s not a good communicator and remains with his head stuck in the sand and his stiff, unmovable pride. That kind of regal attitude only works when he talks to Xi, Biden or the Pope, not his countrymen. He can’t understand the word “compromise” either and is all but a good salesman and a savvy negotiator.
I’m not expecting self-deprecation from him, but just more humility, admission that he sometimes makes error and a smidgen of vulnerability. This traits go a long way in endearing someone. His behavior shows that he has no kids and no parental experience to go with it and that’s a lesson for the electorate: Never put in office someone who is too young, too proud and has no kids.
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