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riversedge

(80,231 posts)
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 02:04 PM 9 hrs ago

MACRON SAYS THAT EUROPE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE MOOD OF A 79-YEAR-OLD CRY BABY 🍼 (#Trump)

The baby bottle with this post is hilarious---and I hope Trump sees it!


MACRON SAYS THAT EUROPE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE MOOD OF A 79-YEAR-OLD CRY BABY 🍼


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MACRON SAYS THAT EUROPE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE MOOD OF A 79-YEAR-OLD CRY BABY 🍼 (#Trump) (Original Post) riversedge 9 hrs ago OP
AGREE.......... riversedge 9 hrs ago #1
Trump plotting revenge right now. Kingofalldems 9 hrs ago #2
Nancy who? stollen 9 hrs ago #5
We can't depend on him either. pandr32 9 hrs ago #3
We Know he and Putin, Miller, The Epstein Class Cha 7 hrs ago #16
It's apparently a fake quote, Cha. highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #19
Oh.. TY.. my Post still stands. Cha 6 hrs ago #21
It doesn't matter. pandr32 6 hrs ago #25
It does matter. No one should put fake words in the mouth of someone who's real, who deserves respect. highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #27
As fast as possible before we can stop them. pandr32 6 hrs ago #24
I agree with your post and I'm grateful to Macron and the EU, too. I just wish people wouldn't put fake highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #26
Newsom-itis is spreading BaronChocula 9 hrs ago #4
It's apparently a fake quote. Of course we've also seen at least one fake Newsom quote posted here, highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #18
DANG IT! BaronChocula 3 hrs ago #33
People should stop posting BS. It takes only a minute or two to see if a quote is real, if it's been said highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #35
He did say "Europe cannot depend on the mood of a 79 yr old man" womanofthehills 3 hrs ago #34
I couldn't find any news source for the version saying "man" either. That would also have made highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #36
Absolutely right! Europe can no longer depend on the US. Putin wins. Jim__ 9 hrs ago #6
Yup that was the plan. Initech 7 hrs ago #14
No one can depend on Trump PJMcK 8 hrs ago #7
Absolutely true. ShazzieB 7 hrs ago #11
True. Trump only cares about himself. CaptainTruth 7 hrs ago #15
Fact check? Ms. Toad 8 hrs ago #8
Link to a reliable source? Fiendish Thingy 8 hrs ago #9
Neither can U.S. citizens. SergeStorms 8 hrs ago #10
"YOU'RE A BABY, I'M NOT A BABY. MWAAA!" Buddyzbuddy 7 hrs ago #12
That's apparently a fake quote. Please find a reliable source to confirm it, or delete it. highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #13
Btw, there was an earlier version of that fake quote going around, in which Macron supposedly highplainsdem 7 hrs ago #17
Macron may, or may not have used those words. Aussie105 6 hrs ago #20
No, it isn't valid to put a fake quote in a world leader's mouth and pretend it's a real quote. highplainsdem 5 hrs ago #30
Macron needs to choose for himself if he's going to publicize incendiary insults MadameButterfly 3 hrs ago #31
From what I can find, he did say "EUROPE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE MOOD OF A 79-YEAR-OLD " Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #22
News link, please? I couldn't find any news link for that. highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #28
Btw, I saw mostly Instagram posts with the different versions of that quote, so I'd guess it got started highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #29
And the 28% of Americans who back him. Grins 6 hrs ago #23
That is quite somethin creon 3 hrs ago #32
The French President Emanuel Macron, is an astute leader wendyb-NC 1 hr ago #37
The replies are vile fujiyamasan 46 min ago #38

Cha

(317,968 posts)
16. We Know he and Putin, Miller, The Epstein Class
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 04:44 PM
7 hrs ago

are Destroying America as fast as they can... with sights on the rest of the Democracy loving world.

Yes, Grateful to Pres Macron and the EU, et a;

highplainsdem

(61,154 posts)
27. It does matter. No one should put fake words in the mouth of someone who's real, who deserves respect.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:38 PM
6 hrs ago

The AI-using creeps on YoyTube making clickbait videos of Jimmy Kimmel or Rachel Maddow or other celebrities supposedly saying things they wish they'd say are treating those people as puppets. Same is true for whoever made up this fake quote and attributed it to Macron.

pandr32

(14,085 posts)
24. As fast as possible before we can stop them.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:24 PM
6 hrs ago

Then it will be of no use--too late.
We must stop them right now.

highplainsdem

(61,154 posts)
26. I agree with your post and I'm grateful to Macron and the EU, too. I just wish people wouldn't put fake
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:27 PM
6 hrs ago

quotes in real people's mouths, as the OP did. I hope DUers aren't sharing that fake quote on other platforms.

highplainsdem

(61,154 posts)
18. It's apparently a fake quote. Of course we've also seen at least one fake Newsom quote posted here,
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:04 PM
6 hrs ago

which got way too much attention though it was fake.

highplainsdem

(61,154 posts)
35. People should stop posting BS. It takes only a minute or two to see if a quote is real, if it's been said
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:25 PM
3 hrs ago

at all recently by someone famous. If it's real, there'll be news stories about it.

womanofthehills

(10,835 posts)
34. He did say "Europe cannot depend on the mood of a 79 yr old man"
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:25 PM
3 hrs ago

But social media added cry baby - according to AI

highplainsdem

(61,154 posts)
36. I couldn't find any news source for the version saying "man" either. That would also have made
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:28 PM
3 hrs ago

headlines. Do you have a link to a reliable source?

Initech

(108,243 posts)
14. Yup that was the plan.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 04:11 PM
7 hrs ago

There's a bad guy trying to take over the world, and some folks are just letting him.

If Fox, Infowars, TPUSA, CPAC, and so on had been around in World War 2, we'd currently be under Nazi rule.

ShazzieB

(22,407 posts)
11. Absolutely true.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 04:01 PM
7 hrs ago

He's a completely loose cannon at this point. Unpredictable, uncontrollable, and horrifyingly dangerous.

Ms. Toad

(38,436 posts)
8. Fact check?
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 03:18 PM
8 hrs ago

I can't find anything reliable which establishes that Macron actually said this.

It would be nice . . . but better not to spread if it is not true.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,627 posts)
9. Link to a reliable source?
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 03:39 PM
8 hrs ago

It would be a shame if you were spreading unverified misinformation.

highplainsdem

(61,154 posts)
17. Btw, there was an earlier version of that fake quote going around, in which Macron supposedly
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 04:47 PM
7 hrs ago

referred to "a 79-year-old man." It was changed to the "cry baby" wording quite a bit later. But I haven't been able to find a news source for the earlier wording, either. Just a bunch of social media posts about what was apparently an invented quote.

You should realize that IF Macron had actually said that - either version - there would have been a lot of real news stories about it.

There aren't any. Just a lot of social media posts. I checked a number of them, and none referred to a real source.

Aussie105

(7,754 posts)
20. Macron may, or may not have used those words.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:08 PM
6 hrs ago

But it reflects a common sentiment around the world, so it is still valid just for that.

highplainsdem

(61,154 posts)
30. No, it isn't valid to put a fake quote in a world leader's mouth and pretend it's a real quote.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:56 PM
5 hrs ago

MadameButterfly

(3,929 posts)
31. Macron needs to choose for himself if he's going to publicize incendiary insults
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:58 PM
3 hrs ago

or be diplomatic according to his strategy for dealing with Trump. Strangers need to not be deciding for him.

Wiz Imp

(9,517 posts)
22. From what I can find, he did say "EUROPE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE MOOD OF A 79-YEAR-OLD "
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:14 PM
6 hrs ago

but he didn't add cry baby to the end of it.

highplainsdem

(61,154 posts)
29. Btw, I saw mostly Instagram posts with the different versions of that quote, so I'd guess it got started
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:47 PM
6 hrs ago

there. Also quite a few Facebook and Threads posts - also Meta. Not nearly as many from X. A few from LinkedIn.

And not one single news source.

Editing to add that I didn't see anything about this on Reddit. Their mods are pretty good about getting rid of fakes very quickly, and they simply delete them.

Grins

(9,362 posts)
23. And the 28% of Americans who back him.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:15 PM
6 hrs ago

28% of Americans cannot be trusted. Trump will be gone in 2028. Replaced by a D. And things for Europe will get measurably better. But they still can’t trust us. Because that 28% is lurking in the wings, waiting ….

creon

(2,040 posts)
32. That is quite somethin
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:11 PM
3 hrs ago

That is quite something if Macron called el gringo loco a cry baby.
I doubt that Macron called Trump a cry baby
.

That individual hates himself Trump has spent most of his life trying to hide it.
Self hanred is the root cause of narcissim.

wendyb-NC

(4,648 posts)
37. The French President Emanuel Macron, is an astute leader
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:49 PM
1 hr ago

His assessment of the nature of the current U.S. President is the unsettling truth.

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