# Emmanuel Macron gets stranded in New York **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 23, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342 "2025-09-23T20:27:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/1 "2025-09-23T20:27:09Z")
šŸ˜ This is really odd. The leader of France is trying to leave the United Nations and is blocked by the Presidential motorcade. Macron and his entourage choose to _walk_ for thirty minutes to reach the French Embassy. Now Iā€™m curious how limousine traffic is handled after a diplomatic conference. All the world leaders want to get back to their hotel or embassy. > **[Stopped on the street by NYC police, France's Macron calls Trump:...](https://abc7ny.com/post/macron-calls-trump-nyc-french-president-getting-stopped-traffic-nypd/17871985/)** > > French President Emmanuel Macron likes to say that he can get President Donald Trump on the phone any time he wants. In New York for the U.N. General Assembly, he proved it. > [@](#): > > Blocked on Monday night by police officers when he sought to cross a New York street - they told the French president the road was closed to let a VIP motorcade pass - Macron fished out his phone and dialed his U.S. counterpart. > > ā€œHow are you?ā€ Macron said. ā€œGuess what? Iā€™m waiting in the street because everything is frozen for you!ā€ > > French media that filmed the scene said Trump was in fact on the other end of the line, which a French official confirmed to The Associated Press. > > Macron explained to the officers that he was trying to make his way on foot to Franceā€™s diplomatic mission in New York, after he delivered a speech at the United Nations in which he announced that France was formally recognizing Palestinian statehood. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/2 "2025-09-23T20:31:23Z")
A head of state was inconvenienced? OK. Never mind that we paralyze entire cities and impose onerous restrictions on the national air traffic system every time a president goes out for a bagel. Is this really necessary? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/3 "2025-09-23T20:37:24Z")
The difference in security is interesting. The French President felt comfortable walking a few blocks. He probably had bodyguards but it was nothing like Secret Service security. The Presidentā€™s car requires a motorcade and all traffic is halted along the route. There was an incident last week with a Spirit Airlines. They were 8 miles away from Air Force One and got warned off by air controllers. Thatā€™s one big security buffer. > **[Spirit Airlines flight warned to move farther from Air Force One over Long...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spirit-airlines-flight-warned-to-move-farther-from-air-force-one-over-long-island-pay-attention-get-off-the-ipad/)** > > Air traffic controllers urgently and repeatedly ordered the pilots of a Spirit Airlines flight to turn away from Air Force One over Long Island, New York as Air Force One took President Trump and others to a state visit to the U.K. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/4 "2025-09-23T21:10:47Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The difference in security is interesting. The French President felt comfortable walking a few blocks. He probably had bodyguards but it was nothing like Secret Service security. Thatā€™s easy to explain. In NYC, Emmanuel Macron is just some bloke. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/5 "2025-09-23T21:12:57Z")
The fact that Macron was willing to walk a few blocks make him more of a New Yorker than Trump ever was. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/6 "2025-09-23T21:22:32Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The Presidentā€™s car requires a motorcade and all traffic is halted along the route. What requires a long motorcade and a lot of inconvenience to everyone else is Dear Leaderā€™s need to compensate for his insecurities. The Presidentā€™s car doesnā€™t care. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/7 "2025-09-23T22:10:06Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > In NYC, Emmanuel Macron is just some bloke. Best kind of security, really. Also, nice style, taking advantage of the walk to get on the phone to Donald. _ā€œAs one does.ā€_ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/8 "2025-09-23T22:12:11Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > What requires a long motorcade and a lot of inconvenience to everyone else is Dear Leaderā€™s need to compensate for his insecurities. The Presidentā€™s car doesnā€™t care. Trump being insecure has little or nothing to do with it. U.S. presidential motorcades, particularly in large cities, have been large and inconvenient to locals for years, including when the president has been a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/9 "2025-09-23T22:12:58Z")
Of course, but Iā€™ll bet Trumpā€™s are the biggest and the longest and the most inconvenient to everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/10 "2025-09-23T22:22:20Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > The fact that Macron was willing to walk a few blocks make him more of a New Yorker than Trump ever was. Well said. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/11 "2025-09-25T03:25:47Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > There was an incident last week with a Spirit Airlines. Flying with Spirit is an incident in itself. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmanuel-macron-gets-stranded-in-new-york/1023342/12 "2025-09-25T05:34:52Z")
Bigly said. Really. Yep. Motorcades cause disruption. So do stupid parades. House movers. Wrecks. Spills. Protesters. Trees downed. I once was stopped 45 minutes because someoneā€™s cattle got out and were bunched up in a pile on the road. Would not move. The car ahead of me called the sheriffs office. They could do nothing. The owner and his sons had to be dragged outta bed. They got horses and rounded them up. They were moving the giant arms of a windmill. That closed the road a couple hours. I didnā€™t witness it but it was in the paper. Oh and a fertilizer truck blew up on the little state highway and it left a great crater. They had that fixed with-in a day. I was suitably impressed. No French presidents thoā€™ šŸ˜„