Why is Macron so determined to infuriate the rest of the world?

In the course of his three-and-a-half year presidency, Emmanuel Macron must have the record for the most number of international states antagonized in the shortest time. From eastern Europe to the United States via Brexit he has the knack of putting states’ backs up by a mixture of outdated Gaullian pomposity, lesson-giving and base tactlessness. The latest and most dangerous variant is with Turkey, which is already spilling over to the wider 1.5 billion Muslim world.Macron’s differences with President Erdogan are not new. They have crossed swords over Libya (where Macron supports the renegade general Haftar…