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I’m not French, and my opinion is based on pretty much nothing but a smattering of headlines, but I really dislike Macron. He strikes me as an opportunistic little boy trying to make everyone happy while pissing off his parents (the French electorate) at nearly every turn. He tries to push his way into the global spotlight by meeting with Putin and Xi and thinks he looks like some neutral peacemaker, but we never really see any results other than a small boost to his profile.
Maybe I’m totally wrong, like I said I’m just a spectator. Maybe it’s just his face.
Hopefully, this doesn't break rule one and/or two too much. If so, let me know and I'll delete.
I think I know a little more than you about French president Macron, but if so, not by much. So here's the blind arguing with the blind!
Full disclaimer, this is a copypasta of the answer I got from an AI assistant:
That's what I used to help myself determine if you were a little too harsh on him. I thought it could be beneficial to share, but like I started this response with, if this is frowned upon, I'll happily remove this!
That LLM is really pro-Macron, I wouldn't take its opinion at face value.
The parts about defending democracy, addressing climate change, and preparing France for crises, in particular, are pretty ironic when you take into account the fact that both Amnesty International and the European Court of Human Rights have spoken up against his frankly appalling handling of the yellow vest crisis (the latter has a procedure against the French State dor acts of torture against demonstrators), that he's been torpedoing our public health system even during the pandemic, and that his administration has been found guilty of "climatic inaction" by our own courts... The list goes on. For a while, "to Macron" in Ukrainian meant talking a lot while doing nothing. Maybe the LLM bought into the political communication.