The order (changed) on the churchyard of San Pietro, the sign of peace Trump-Macron and the selfie of the Russian minister: the powerful to the funeral

They do not appreciate, but they are able to endure. When the rite of the funeral of Pope Francis asked those present to exchange a sign of peace, Donald Trump has tightened the hand of Emmanuel Macron. The President of the United States has reserved for greetings to the neighbors more than one, however although the narrow of the French president proved to be even longer than the ordinary, Trump did not pull his arm back.

The story of the funeral of Pope Francis

In his first term to the White House, the billionaire who is now undergoing long -lasting alliances had threatened with duties on French champagne. In February, in the oval studio, an arm Macron had spread him to grab one of Trump and interrupt him while he was saying that « Europe is lending money to Ukraine, he will get it back ». On the aid to the country invaded by Russia, the French president had corrected: « No, in reality, to be honest we paid, covered 60% of the total costs ».

The derogation from the ceremonial

The symbolic, formal gesture « of peace » yesterday would not have been possible if, in line with Pope Francis’ style and thought, who organized the funeral to the Vatican had not applied a derogation for a provision of the ceremonial. Based on the rule, in the sector reserved for the heads of state, after those for Italy and Argentina, home of the Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the places were assigned according to the French alphabetical order. Trump should have been a few row behind. Instead they were admitted in the first both he and the Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky. And if a president from the past of actor who came from Kiev bombed by the Russians, compared to his habits he has adapted to the circumstance the clothing by replacing a black black jacket at the Clean sweater from Capo in Battaglia, the former television star of the program The apprentice He did not give up a chromatic expedient to get noticed more. A logic by Press Agent has been joined to an ancient Vatican symbolism made more essential by a Franciscan approach. Unlike the Argentine president Javier Milei, by Sergio Mattarella, from Macron, the former American president Joe Biden and almost all the others who wore a very dark black or gray dress, Trump presented himself with a blue suit. Suitable, in front of the cameras, to make a difference stand out. Furthermore, he had a pin on a bit, not even tiny, with the flag of the United States. Flashy. Other western heads of state and government had appointed official decorations and honors to the maximum.

Absent

The absences also counted, in the Pope’s funeral. Not recommended to reach St. Peter’s Square due to the arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court, Russian Vladimir Putin was not yesterday in Rome. His representative for the occasion, Minister of Culture Olga Borisovna Lyubimova, has done without rejecting an easy temptation to spare himself from the parts of any coffin: take a selfie. Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu, recipient of a mandate similar to that of Putin and yet without any desire to be there, had the ambassador at the Holy See Yaron Sideman in the diplomatics sector.

Applause to Lampedusa migrants

The Democrat Biden had a dark blue. It does not seem enough to combinnant with Trump, who had preventively excluded to meet him: « He is not at the top of my list, really not ». It is not known what Trump’s thoughts were when the dean of the Cardinal Boardian college Giovanni Battista King in the Precician reminded Pope Francis’ visits to migrants in Lampedusa, Lesbo and his mass on the border between Russia and the United States. Applause started from the public sectors.
Another handshake, not solicited by what the mass requires, was between Trump and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the Commission in the European Union that the American president believes was born to « fuck » the United States. Droppophetto dark with golden buttons, the former German defense minister, who made it known to consider a future interview possible, did not disfigure by elegance near Melania Trump with a black veil, to Queen Rania of Jordan and her husband, to the British Prince Williams, to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

In order for places, the Catholic sovereigns preceded the others. But basically yesterday the numbers also weighed. Francesco was the 266th Pope. Trump is now the 47th President of the United States, Macron the 25th of the French Republic. Everyone has its own story.