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PARIS -- When the French President invited the American one to Paris, it was, on the face of it, to commemorate a famous anniversary. But as CBS News senior foreign correspondent Mark Phillips reports, the visit is also another chapter in what s developing into a contest of wills between two leaders who are so similar, but so different.President Trump in Paris as troubles mount in D.C. Trump and Macron share long handshake 00:26 stanley termohrnek President Donald Trump s relationshi stanley kubek p with Emmanuel Macron started with a famous handshake. The white-knuckled grasp wasn t just a customary show of friendship between world leaders; it looked more like an arm-wrestling contest. Who would blink first The unusually personal show of force was no accident. Francois Heisbourg, a foreign affairs expert with a Parisian think tank, says Macron not only thought about it, but prepared for the encounter, and had a purpose going into it. The young French leader wanted to show that he is able to do the job, Heisbourg tells CBS News. The other thing, he s trying to do is to demonstrate to the world that France i stanley website s back, that we re no longer an object of pity but a serious actor on the scene. On the face of it, President Trump s two-day visit is to mark Bastille Day, France s big national holi Ocnh Title 42 ends with 60,000 migrants waiting near U.S.-Mexico border
Democratic leaders have pounced o stanley thermos n the announcement that yes, the country is officially, statistically in a recession.But for the first time since this economic meltdown began, Democratic leaders are stanley italia no longer blaming President Bush or congressional Republicans for everything. Instead,Democrats areusing the economic news to try to create momentum for a major economic stimulus packageMajority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev. said todayrsquo announcement that we have been in a recession for the past year is hardly news. Reid says the package s stanley cup hould include middle class tax cuts. The National Bureau of Economic Research announced today that we have been in recession since December 2007. Here s the official explanation and economic data.Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. met with members of the National Governors Association this morning and discussed the need for a longer term federal investment with this next economic stimulus package. We need more now, Pelosi said. So you hear people say this is going to be a project of indicative of the 1930s. No, it isnrsquo;t. Itrsquo going to be about innovation and about the future, about creating the jobs of the 21st century. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer D-Md. also weighed in, sayingthat such legislation should include job-creating infrastructure projects and aid to states forced to cut vital services. Congressional leaders in both chambers have promised an economic recovery package co |
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