It was a Monday with gloomy news – apart from handball – for Lorrain Sénéchal in the France 5 program, C to you. The columnist began his 5/5 with the magnificent victory of the French handball team at the World Cupbefore turning to the floods in Charente via the situation in Gaza, then discussing the presidential campaign in the United States.
The journalist reported comments made by Donald Trump, entangled in legal problems, but nevertheless favorite to succeed Joe Biden and become president once again. After broadcasting images of the current president, Lorrain Sénéchal spoke about Barack Obama. Showing humor, he explained: “Forget it, he won’t come back. Look, he has another job”he said, revealing images ofa smiling Barack Obama wearing a Santa hat and a basket full of presents.
Barack Obama as Santa Claus in Chicago
“He turned into Santa Claus. Here he is handing out gifts to underprivileged children in Chicago.”explained the columnist of Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine, before recalling that, “anyway, he can’t imagine : he has reached the constitutional limit of two presidential terms”. Michelle’s husband was, in fact, “at an elementary school at Parkside Community Academy on the south side of Chicagoto bring a little holiday cheer”, explained his foundation on Instagram. The former president has been quite discreet in recent months. If the public was able to see him in the stands of center court during the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York in September, the former lawyer takes care of his foundation, but does not make waves, not getting involved – for the moment – in the presidential campaign. To end his column, Lorrain Sénéchal paid tribute to the journalist and radio man Claude Villers, who died on December 16 at the age of 79. As the columnist recalled, the Élysée welcomed this Monday, December 18 “the maker of millions of laughs and a master of French humor”. Words that Patrick Cohen immediately confirmed.
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