Macron, Trump to dine in Eiffel Tower
PARIS — Exactly what will happen when President Donald Trump arrives in Paris for his much-touted Bastille Day visit is anyone’s guess.
For the moment, however, one thing is certain: The teetotaler president will be dined (if not wined) in lavish fashion. French President Emmanuel Macron will host a dinner for his guest of honor at Le Jules Verne, a panoramic restaurant high in the Eiffel Tower with prices that match its altitude.
The restaurant features sixcourse tasting menus that cost 230 euros ($262). And that’s without the wine.
The two presidents and their entourages will dine on Thursday — the night before France’s national holiday — in the restaurant named for Jules Verne, the famous 19th century French author who wrote classics like “Around the World in Eighty Days” (1873).
The optics would seem an ideal place to welcome the American president, increasingly unpopular in Europe, especially on the eve of a festival that will commemorate, among other things, the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I.
As Christophe Castaner, a French government spokesman, told LCI, a French news channel, earlier this month: “Emmanuel Macron wants to try to prevent the president of the United States being isolated. He sometimes makes decisions that we disagree with, on climate change for example.”
Ashton Kutcher had a quick explanation after a tabloid questioned why he was seen out and about with a mystery woman recently: She was his cousin.
Kutcher on Sunday responded to a Star magazine article headlined, “Hey Ashton! Who’s the girl?” The article included pictures of Kutcher and a woman entering a private jet and noted it wasn’t his wife, Mila Kunis.
Kutcher posted a picture of the article on Twitter and added: “You should have heard how upset Mila was that I spent the day with our cousin.” He also apologized to his aunt, saying, “These magazines lack integrity.”
A representative for American Media, which owns Star, didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
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