Emmanuel Macron is supposed to be the cleverest man in France but he has painted himself so completely into a corner that there’s no way out. Whether the gilets jaunes insurrection achieves its objectives or not, it has become his nemesis.
As the yellow wave roils France, Macron is a diminished figure after a crunching fall to earth.
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