1 Word In French President’s Congratulatory Message To Trump Has People Howling
Global leaders on Wednesday rushed to congratulate President-elect Donald Trump over his 2024 election victory.
But one post stood out — for comical reasons.
French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X, formerly Twitter:
“Congratulations, President @realDonaldTrump. Ready to work together as we did for four years. With your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity.”
Congratulations, President @realDonaldTrump. Ready to work together as we did for four years. With your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 6, 2024
Macron’s use of the word “convictions” drew attention, given Trump’s 34 felony convictions in his hush money case.
Commenters asked whether something had been lost in translation. In an email to HuffPost, a member of Macron’s communications team said, “The world ‘convictions’ in the President’s tweet mean beliefs and cannot be associated with the meaning of convictions as condemnation / sanctions.”
But that didn’t stop people on Twitter from jokingly calling out what they saw as “boss-level” trolling.
“With your convictions” https://t.co/JtAy1kIeBn
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) November 6, 2024
Trying to work out if Macron has actually achieved Boss Level troll status by mentioning Trump's 'convictions' 🤣 https://t.co/nEyY6xumcD
— Bear Bad Man (@Bear_Bad_Man_) November 6, 2024
Convictions doing a lot of work here. https://t.co/q4OPjJETYD
— Grant Ginder (@GrantGinder) November 6, 2024
interesting use of the word 'convictions'... https://t.co/1M5ASPXor2
— Hannah Tomes (@hannahtomes_) November 6, 2024
Well he's certainly got some convictions https://t.co/tQNUV63Rkp
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) November 6, 2024
“With your convictions…” 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/4iW5udC3m9
— Tom Jamieson (@jamiesont) November 6, 2024
His convictions. All 34 of them. https://t.co/hazsQqdRcY
— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) November 6, 2024
‘Convictions’ doesn’t translate well. https://t.co/Z6WQdgM8Ar
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) November 6, 2024
Not sure I would have used the word ‘convictions’ in this context 😉 https://t.co/cNocZfn9M9
— Nick Le Huray 🇬🇬🇺🇦🚜 (Bluesky @Nickleh) (@Nickleh) November 6, 2024
‘with your convictions’ is hilarious https://t.co/eN3pBgp2lE
— imane 🪐 (@lmskhota) November 6, 2024
‘With your [felony] convictions and mine…’ https://t.co/aMBiXUzq8J
— Paul Kidd ⚖️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉 (@paulkidd) November 6, 2024
