Macron heckled by locals during visit to cyclone-hit Mayotte

He’s right.

225 km/h winds? It's amazing anyone on Mayotte survived considering they were already struggling by Western standards.

Why does France still hang on to these African colonial relics?

He IS right.

I'm glad he told them to fuck off.

It's becoming a thing to heckle leftist leaders, and cheer right-wing leaders.

Macron is the only one with the BALLS to tell these dumb fuckers the truth!

I assume they pay taxes to the French government? If that's the case then they have the right to criticize Macron and the government response. His response that they should be grateful for any government response is pretty stupid. Even Trump didn't say that outloud in Puerto Rico.

A lot of bootlickers in this thread.

He's right. Without France, they'd be Haiti.

R5 he's right. Mayotte is a shithole and if the had any initiative they'd have moved to the mainland years ago.

His Achilles' heels are his massive ego and short temper.

This did not play well internationally.

[quote]His Achilles' heels are his massive ego and short temper.

Donald Trump has the same shortcomings and easily cruised to reelection.

Where? Never heard of the place.

It’s some island off the coast of Southern Africa.

France is not the USA, r9.

Stop comparing apples to oranges. We're all heartily sick of whataboutism.

[quote] This did not play well internationally.

Good thing he only cares about French voters.

Why doesn't Mayotte declare sovereign state status like neighboring islands Comoros, Mauritius, and Seychilles? Macron should cut them loose if they start blaming him for cyclones.

Is he sporting one of The Supremes’ wigs?

I can't wait for your house to be destroyed in a natural disaster, r7. You better not whine about FEMA. According to you and most of the posters on this thread, no one has the right to expect competency from their government.

[quote] According to you and most of the posters on this thread, no one has the right to expect competency from their government.

Of course they do.

But they were hit by a fucking typhoon.

Is that Macron's fault?

He was there to assess the damage IN PERSON, to see how he could help.

And those ridiculous and ungrateful cunts booed and jeered him.

FUCK THEM.

If they don't want his help, then they shouldn't get his help.

People nowdays are so fucking stupid. They just want to complain about everything.

This is exactly what MAGATS do, and I'm sick of their shit.

[quote] I assume they pay taxes to the French government?

Actually, no they don’t. Mayotte is one of those tiny France-owned territories scattered around the globe that survive exclusively on massive money transfers from the mainland, due to a quasi non-existent economy. Macron was absolutely right to tell these ungrateful cunts off.

When I read the quotes I thought it sounded bad but then I saw the video in the link and it was like a scene from Veep or a similar show where the clueless politician manages to bungle the whole event while the PR people have their faces in their hands. Going into a disaster zone and lecturing the locals is probably not the best idea but not surprising from a politician who has a 23% approval rating and only had to beat Marine Le Pen in the second round of his presidential races.

Let’s see how these black people fare under Marine Le Pen.

Turns out France isn't so innocent. France is hanging on to these territories like grim death because it wants a presence in the Pacific (and elsewhere). All 'global power' nations want to spread out over the globe. Mayotte has a poverty rate of 77%, the highest of France's territories:

France is a global power, with territories in Western Europe, North and South Americas, the Caribbean, and the Indian, Pacific, and Antarctic Oceans. The presence of territories in so many different regions is an essential geostrategic asset for France. For instance, it is what allows France to own the second largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Earth, behind the United States. Indeed, as much as 96% of the French EEZ is due to these overseas territories.

However, France may lose part of these territories if the French government is not careful and maintains its seeming complacency. In metropolitan France, overseas territories seem too often to be a mere afterthought. Metropolitan citizens rarely, if ever, hear about them on the news, and French politicians seldom mention them in public statements. A disconnect between metropolitan and overseas France, along with poor to very poor socio-economic environments represent a critical danger to France’s global integrity.

Military and Geopolitical Assets

The French overseas territories allow France to use its military power globally, complementing military bases in foreign countries and her aircraft carrier. As a matter of fact, France is the third country in the world enjoying the biggest global military footprint, behind the United States and Russia (Tenenbaum, Paglia, Ruffié, 2020, p. 33). These overseas territories “give France secure platforms for power projection all over the world, and the possibility to redeploy military assets in response to changes in the strategic situation.” They allow France to be present “as a credible partner and ally in both the Indian Ocean and the Asia-Pacific region.” (§272) They enable France to rapidly intervene outside its metropolitan territory and contribute to regional military cooperation (p. 2).French overseas territories also grant obvious economic and maritime benefits to France. Most notably, they give France the world’s second largest EEZ. Especially in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, this EEZ holds the potential of containing reserves of hydrocarbons and strategic minerals which could be necessary to France’s strategic autonomy (Tenenbaum, Paglia, Ruffié, 2020, pp. 76-77; Cyrille P. Coutansais, “L’empire maritime français : Enjeux et défis,” Les Grands Dossiers de Diplomatie no. 44 (April-May 2018), p. 37). Such reserves are, as of yet, either unexploited or unexplored, but may very well contain precious resources. Additionally, the French EEZ contains biodiversity which may prove useful in terms of food, medicine, and cosmetics (Coutansais, 2018, pp. 37-38).

[quote] Let’s see how these black people fare under Marine Le Pen.

EXACTLY.

But like American dumb shit MAGATS, they'd probably vote for LePen because they have shit for brains, and life would be so much better under a right-wing government.

These assholes get what they deserve.

France should give up this place and let it be independent like Comoros and Madagascar. These African islands can’t be that valuable to them.

Lol @ R9.…winning by 1% is not “cruising to victory.”

#teamManu

This was one of Marine Le Pen's best regions in the 2022 presidental election. And the residents are not just Black but also overwhelmingly Muslim.

The big issue besides poverty is mass illegal immigration from the Comoros, which voted for independence from France back in the 1970s while Mayotte voted to remain. Yet, ironically tens of thousands from the Comoros have left their independent country to move illegally to Mayotte (France).

[quote] This was one of Marine Le Pen's best regions in the 2022 presidental election. And the residents are not just Black but also overwhelmingly Muslim.

That is completely unsurprising.

Not unlike the Hispanics and women who voted for Trump.

Brain dead cunts.

The Comoros has had more than 20 coups since becoming independent from France in 1975.

Poor Manny. He's still cute. He'll be back! (like Donald) After Marine and crew fuck up royally. Though seems like she's been siding with the poor recently. So maybe she'll do ok.

Five days had passed between the disaster and Macron's visit. I guarantee that the heckling response and chanting from some of the locals did not come out of nowhere, but were ginned up by trolls on social media.

Discontent and rage narratives are extremely easy to sell online; social media consumers are highly susceptible. It's what happened here in the States at the 2024 election.

Those peasants--booing instead of bowing to his beautiful ass. Can you imagine fucking it?

He felt much better in the evening having a beer or two sandwiched between two hot black dudes and even seemed a little tipsy, sweaty, and some would even say handsy. With Brigitte on the opposite side of the world, who could have spoiled the fun?

Haha R32.

Manu looks like he just got freshly double fucked by one on each end, and then they all went out to have a beer after they both unloaded inside his ass and mouth.