All right, Alexander, let's talk about the situation in France. One prime minister is gone,

resigned, fired, and the new prime minister has been brought in. Macron is shaking things up.

The official narrative is that he is shaking things up in order to prevent the rise of the far right

and the dreaded evil Marine Le Pen. so this is macron's way of shaking

things up so that he can prevent marine lepen from becoming president i believe in 27

france has elections but the real the real story here is the new prime minister, Gabriel Atal, and he is a young guy, 34, 35 years old, a carbon copy of Macron.

He's the replacement.

Yes, he's the guy that they have chosen to replace Macron.

I wonder if Macron knows that this is the guy that's going to replace me.

I wonder if he sees this guy, he says, this is the guy that's taken over for me after 2027.

I think, I'm sure he does.

And I mean, it really is, it really is uncanny because if you look at them, side by side, I mean, they look the same. I mean, they look at,

they look identical. I mean, it's, it's, it's, you know, Macron Jr. I mean, if, if you were told

that this new, this new guy was Macron's son, improbable as that is, that thought is, then I mean,

you, you would believe it. I mean, they look so similar.

It's uncanny.

So, you know, you're absolutely right.

This is the person.

They're now grooming to replace Macron to go against Marine Le Pen in the next election in

27 and to try to take her on in the parliament and wherever.

Now, saying all of that, just a few points to make.

Firstly, notice that Macron is not actually saying, but the prime minister that he was just

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