A year later, Trump called Macron “very nasty” and “insulting” after the French leader described NATO as “brain dead.”
Now: Perhaps it was unsurprising that Macron was among the first leaders to rush to congratulate Trump on Wednesday, with the French president writing on social media that he was “ready to work together” with Trump as they did during his first term.
John Swinney
Then: Scotland’s first minister last week endorsed Kamala Harris over Trump, joking that he did not support Trump because the Republican was “opposed to Scottish independence.”
His comments triggered a statement from Trump’s team calling Swinney’s remarks an “insult to the massive investment in Scotland made by the Trump family.”
Now: “Congratulations to President-elect Trump on his election. Scotland and the USA share many social, cultural and economic links,” Swinney wrote on social media Wednesday.
“In that relationship, we will stand fast in support of our values of fairness, democracy and equality — ideals that America was built upon,” he added pointedly.