We learned that President Macron has backed down, or made a U-turn on his newest global warming fuel tax, according to news reports:   France's prime minister on Tuesday suspended planned increases to fuel taxes for at least six months in response to weeks of sometimes violent protests, the first major U-turn by President Emmanuel Macron's administration after 18 months in office. Fox News screen grab via YouTube. U-turn?  It looks more like hitting the brakes and driving off the road! President Macron made two big mistakes here. First, he can't relate to people living in the real world.  It's one thing to talk about climate change with a bunch of bureaucrats who don't drive to work or who take public transportation.  It's quite another to force a bunch of French commuters, farmers, and tradesmen to pay more for gasoline so that President Macron can get accolades from the bureaucrats at the...(Read Full Post)