{"id":134433,"date":"2024-12-07T18:41:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T11:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134433"},"modified":"2024-12-07T18:41:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T11:41:47","slug":"trump-to-return-to-world-stage-for-notre-dame-cathedral-reopening-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134433","title":{"rendered":"Trump to return to world stage for Notre Dame Cathedral reopening in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkwksp001h26pg2srbf072@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/05\/style\/notre-dame-paris-reopening-restoration-fire-explainer-intl\/index.html\">The Notre Dame Cathedral<\/a> will provide a lofty backdrop for President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s return to the geopolitical stage on Saturday, when French officials put an ornate line under the five-year project to restore the soaring landmark with a reopening ceremony featuring dozens of world leaders.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw00053b6mq1knqpbh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Set to return to the White House in a little more than six weeks, Trump\u2019s arrival in Paris comes at a decisive moment for governments in Western Europe, which \u2013 like France itself \u2013 is currently caught in a push-and-pull between a wavering liberal democratic order and the rising right-wing movements determined to upend it.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw00063b6ms2y8g019@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            French President Emmanuel Macron, now in his second five-year term, invited Trump to attend as he strives to stabilize a collapsing government at home while retaining his influence abroad \u2013 most persistently when it comes to the future of Western support for Ukraine against Russia.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw00073b6msxohsojy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump has insisted he has a plan to bring an immediate peace to the region, though allies of Ukraine are concerned the president-elect might push for a ceasefire or peace deal viewed as more favorable to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has signaled little interest in abandoning his war of conquest.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw00083b6mmcc80y6u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Macron\u2019s success in bringing Trump to Paris \u2013 where he and other pro-Ukrainian leaders can make their case in such a luminous setting \u2013 has earned him some increasingly rare acclaim from the French press, which has described it as a \u201cdiplomatic coup.\u201d (The French president had also been the first foreign leader to publicly congratulate Trump for winning a second term last month.) The French embassy announced on Friday that Macron will hold successive meetings with Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky before the ceremonies, though it remains unclear whether Trump and Zelensky will have any direct conversations.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw00093b6m086bky65@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The particulars of Trump\u2019s visit were hashed out over several days, but the president-elect told his team he was keen to attend. He has a long-held fascination with the cathedral and even tweeted out in distress more than five years ago as a fire ravaged its Gothic edifice, which sits on the \u00cele de la Cit\u00e9, an island within Paris\u2019 Seine River. Its iconic spire and roof were destroyed as television audiences around the globe watched in horror.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000a3b6m7am53wcd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Investigators believe the blaze was an accident but have not yet identified the direct cause.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000b3b6m10vyupb9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSo horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1117844987293487104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on April 15, 2019, during his first term in the Oval Office. \u201cPerhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000d3b6mluukk5o7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            His suggestion was ignored by firefighters and the French civil security agency, S\u00e9curit\u00e9 Civile, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecCivileFrance\/status\/1117874924268376064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> on social media less than two hours later, warning \u2013 in English \u2013 that \u201cwater-bombing aircrafts \u2026 could lead to the collapse of the entire structure of the cathedral.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000f3b6mhbpycgjv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump has long sought the kind of high society recognition now on offer from Macron and other European leaders anxious over the direction of the incoming administration, but some of his critics \u2013 led by late night comedians \u2013 back in the US were quick to mock the showy visit.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000g3b6mrmtcnugq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIf all goes according to plan, he would like to buy it and turn it into a casino,\u201d Jimmy Kimmel joked earlier this week. Jimmy Fallon quipped that the cathedral is \u201cgoing to burst right back into flames\u201d when Trump steps inside.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4dldgwr00143b6mgawvclox@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2188610871.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.667\" data-original-height=\"1334\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188610871.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1334\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188610871.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1334\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188610871.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1334\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188610871.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1334\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188610871.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2188610871.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"A light show is projected on the facade of Notre Dame.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1334\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000h3b6mihrc2fur@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For Macron, the occasion is no laughing matter.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000i3b6mjwasiygw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the immediate aftermath of the fire, he pledged to rebuild and reopen the gutted cathedral in five years \u2013 a deadline he just about made. There is less room for error, and much more at stake, in his ongoing efforts to sustain the fragile coalition backing Ukraine.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000j3b6mob2wswnt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            His congratulations to the president-elect last month \u2013 going out before most US media agencies had even called the race \u2013 alluded to his relationship with Trump the first time he was in the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/03\/politics\/donald-trump-emmanuel-macron-analysis\/index.html\">once described as a bromance<\/a>, although it didn\u2019t last.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000k3b6m3sraifum@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cCongratulations, President <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>. Ready to work together as we did for four years,\u201d Macron wrote on X last month. \u201cWith your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000l3b6m2soe0yxr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Later that evening, he and Trump spoke by phone, Macron\u2019s office said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000m3b6m4itfmq5g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The French president has made a fresh push to curry favor with the returning president and his allies. CNN has reported that Macron plans to invite Trump and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, whom the president-elect has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/28\/politics\/doge-musk-ramaswamy-federal-regulations\/index.html\">tapped for a role<\/a> in his administration, to Paris for a summit on artificial intelligence in early February.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000n3b6m5te188pa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump will not be the only American emissary in Paris on Saturday. First lady Jill Biden is also scheduled to attend the ceremony, as she wraps up her last official state trip abroad. She is not, however, slated to visit the \u00c9lys\u00e9e palace or attend any high-profile meetings.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000o3b6mzry8zhal@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Saturday\u2019s trip will take place a week after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/30\/politics\/charles-kushner-france-ambassador-trump\/index.html\">Trump announced<\/a> his selection of son-in-law Jared Kushner\u2019s father, real estate developer Charles Kushner, to serve as the next US ambassador to France. Charles Kushner was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/23\/politics\/trump-pardons-stone-manafort-kushner\/index.html\">pardoned by Trump in 2020<\/a> after pleading guilty in 2004 to 16 counts of tax evasion, one count of retaliating against a federal witness and another count of lying to the Federal Election Commission.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000p3b6m7a1x5y3r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Macron will not be the first G7 leader to huddle with Trump in-person since the election. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/29\/politics\/donald-trump-justin-trudeau-dinner\/index.html\">dined with him<\/a> at Mar-a-Lago on November 29.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000q3b6mrztzfl1w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Over dinner, Trump \u2013 during a discussion on his proposed tariffs \u2013 joked that Canada avoid any pain by becoming the 51st US state, two sources briefed on the conversation told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dkz0cw000r3b6m4ejpydgu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe president was teasing us,\u201d Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who was seated at the same table, told reporters in Ottawa. \u201cIt was, of course, on that issue, in no way a serious comment.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/07\/politics\/trump-paris-macron-notre-dame\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The Notre Dame Cathedral will provide a lofty backdrop for President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s return to the geopolitical stage on Saturday, when French officials put an ornate line under &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134433\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}