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Trump Official's 'Embarrassing' Comparison of French Palace to Mar-a-Lago Baffles Users: 'Like Comparing McDonald's With Michelin Restaurants'

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (2nd L), Deputy Chief of Mission David McCawley (3rd L), the second-in-command at the US Embassy in Paris, and Germany national security advisor Jens Ploetner (L) at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on April 17, 2025. Witkoff compared the room in the historic French palace to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Resort. (Credit: Ludovic Marin/Getty Images)

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff compared the French Élysée Palace to Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in a meeting with European officials in Paris on Friday, inspiring many social media users to cringe with secondhand embarrassment.

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