With his speech before Congress Emanuel Macron has declared himself a friend of freedom and liberty. Given that May,Trudeau and Turnbull are not heads of state and Merkel commands a weak military it is perfectly clear that Macron is leader of the free world. Trump vacated the job
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Angela Merkel is not a head of state either; she's a head of government like May, Trudeau, and Turnbull. Germany has a President as its head of state. The German President doesn't have much of a day-to-day political role…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Germany …
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I know, but the German Chancellor isn't the head of state of Germany. You mentioned that May, Trudeau, and Turnbull are not heads of state. Neither is Merkel. I'm nitpicking your wording, since you drew a distinction between Merkel and May/Trudeau/Turnbull which doesn't exist.
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You are correct. The chancellor is technically -# 3 in a protocol sense
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But NOT head of state. That's the Bundespräsident. She is Bundeskanzler = head of government
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I call it nit picking and I blocked him.
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