Talk politics.

French president Macron put a lot of effort and invested a huge amount of political resources to prevent the G7 meeting in Biarritz from becoming a full failure. He invited all sorts of guests, he included topics in the agenda that were meant to break the stagnant framework of this sort of summits. But most importantly, he wanted to make sure he'd perform well as a host - which he eventually did, albeit with some caveats and obstacles.

Macron indeed managed to outplay, outclass and outsmart his US counterpart on the Iran issue. And that's quite something, given the fact that Trump again proved to be a mean-spirited guest, who had only come to promote himself and his own personal interests, and just have fun by creating chaos and confusion among both journalists and political observers - like on the issue of trade. Even the fact that he was at a huge international forum didn't stop him from using his air time to berate and bemoan the media who were sowing discord on the meeting. I guess it's no use to even get me started on all the bluffs, lies, threats, spin and overall irresponsible and childish manipulation that came from him. It's just his default mode after all (his Brazilian colleague Bolsonaro, by the way, came somewhat close to emulating his level of asshollery).

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