President cancels first world war graves visit due to rain and faces Le Monde report he muddled Baltics and BalkansAs Donald Trump met Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Saturday, he was beset by potential diplomatic embarrassment. First, the French newspaper Le Monde reported that on a previous diplomatic occasion in Washington, the American president caused embarrassment by mixing up the Baltic states and the Balkans. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Donald and Melania Trump with Emmanuel Macron first lady Brigitte Macron on 10 November. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesTrump, Le Monde said, remained “apparently uneducated in the matter by his wife, Melania, originally from the former Yugoslavia”. “Did the President really not visit the American military cemetery today in France?” he asked.

Source: The Guardian November 10, 2018 16:34 UTC