French President Emmanuel Macron was ridiculed online for his choice of words when congratulating President-Elect Donald Trump.
The 46-year-old was among many world leaders who took to X to toast Trump on his win against Vice President Kamala Harris.
‘Congratulations President @realDonaldTrump,’ Macron wrote, using the handle for the president-elect.
‘Ready to work together as we did for four years. With your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition for more peace and prosperity.’
But Macron’s message quickly came under scrutiny for his use of the word ‘convictions,’ given Trump’s felony convictions, with some calling him a ‘boss level troll.’
A member of the French president’s communications team insisted to The Huffington Post, ‘The word “convictions” in the president’s tweet mean beliefs and cannot be associated with the meaning of convictions as condemnation/sanctions.’
Still, many X users called Macron out for what they called his ‘trolling’ of Trump.
‘Trying to work out if Macron has actually achieved Boss Level troll status by mentioning Trump’s “convictions,” one wrote, as another deemed Macros the ‘best troll in history.’
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Henry Morris, a retired Tory MP, also commented: ‘His convictions. All 34 of them,’ while a fourth suggested ‘Convictions doesn’t translate well.’
Trump was previously found guilty on all counts in his historic criminal trial over the ‘hush money‘ paid to Stormy Daniels in New York City in May.
The jury of seven men and five women at Manhattan Criminal Court deliberated for nearly 10 hours before convicting the former president of 34 charges of falsifying business records.
