Macron pulls out all the stops on Bastille Day as Trump leaves satisfied

US president appeared suitably impressed with his French counterpart’s attempt to woo him with a display of pomp and power

When France’s top military band, in their gold-buttoned uniforms, shattered the formality of the Bastille Day military parade by breaking into a medley by Daft Punk, it wasn’t a surprise.

For days, the French military’s top musicians had been bemusing passersby on the Champs Élysées as they rehearsed their bewilderingly fast dance steps, with many of them darting to and fro heaving tubas and trombones.

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