Emmanuel Macron was struck, upon his arrival in Mayotte, by the grief, despair and anger of the Mahorais. This Thursday, December 19, the presidential A330, filled with around twenty caregivers, rescuers, logisticians and loaded with three to four tons of water and medicines, just landed on the tarmac of Mamoudzou airport. The Head of State must go, for a few hours, to the island devastated by Cyclone Chido.
Time will be limited on site. We will have to act quickly, as the President of the Republic is expected the following evening in Djibouti to share the Christmas meal with the French troops based there. But before setting foot on Mahoran soil, Emmanuel Macron asks his advisors: “Maybe I should stay a little longer…” He undoubtedly remembers George Bush’s political mistake in August 2005, after Hurricane Katrina. The American president had only flown over New Orleans, Louisiana, contemplating the extent of the damage from the window of his plane, Air Force One; A “tourist”had mocked the American press.
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