'MAKE FRANCE GREAT AGAIN!': The Trump-Macron bromance appears dead as president launches into tirade against the French leader

• President Donald Trump's tight bond with France's President Emmanuel Macron appears to have fallen apart.
• Trump launched into an extended Twitter tirade against Macron and France on Tuesday, his third online attack on the country in the past week.
• Trump took shots at everything from Macron's approval rating to France's wine industry.
• The falling out mirrors Trump's troubles with other world leaders he once shared a connection with like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The once close relationship between President Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron appears to be on the rocks after Trump launched into a Twitter tirade attacking the French president on Tuesday.

A bromance marked by intense handshakes and tree planting has now devolved, as represented by Trump's attacks on Macron's approval ratings and France's trade restrictions on US wine.

"The problem is that Emmanuel suffers from a very low Approval Rating in France, 26%, and an unemployment rate of almost 10%," Trump tweeted Tuesday. "He was just trying to get onto another subject. By the way, there is no country more Nationalist than France, very proud people-and rightfully so! MAKE FRANCE GREAT AGAIN!"

While the two sides' connection became strained following Trump's decision to hit the European Union with tariffs on steel and aluminum coming into the US, the falling out appears to have hit a nadir over the weekend.

Defense dust up

The presidential dust-up kicked off when Macron suggested last week that Europe needs to build up its own military in order to protect itself from threats, including the US.

"We have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia, and even the United States of America," Macron said on French radio.

While Macron insisted the comment referred to the need to wean Europe off of the US's defense and cybersecurity apparatus, Trump took offense to the comment and bashed Macron in a tweet on Friday.

"President Macron of France has just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the US, China and Russia," Trump said. "Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO, which the US subsidizes greatly!"

Ironically, Macron was essentially suggesting Europe do exactly what Trump wants: spend more on defense to meet NATO's defense spending threshold.

An awkward weekend

Following the back-and-forth over defense, Trump traveled to France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I where Trump's displeasure with Macron was on full display.

The trip got off to a shaky start on Saturday when Trump did not attend a World War I memorial service just outside of Paris on Saturday due to inclement weather, which drew a slew of critiques.

Trump defended the choice in a tweet Tuesday, saying that Marine One could not fly to the graveyard and the Secret Service would not allow Trump to travel by car. While previous presidents have typically had back-up plans in the event of foul weather, it appears Trump's team did not.

The awkwardness continued Sunday during Trump and Macron's one-on-one meeting which did not appear as warm as previous interactions between the two leaders. The interaction was then followed up a Macron speech denouncing nationalism, a movement that Trump has explicitly tied himself to in recent months.

"Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism," Macron said just a few yard away from Trump. "By saying, 'Our interests first, who cares about the others,' we erase what a nation holds dearest, what gives it life, what gives it grace and what is essential: its moral values."

While Macron did not call out Trump by name, the US president did not appear to be enthused by the public condemnation of his ideology.

Lashing out

Following the rocky weekend, Trump continued to launch online attacks at France and the rest of the European leaders. On Monday, Trump threatened to pull out of NATO and declared that "Trade must be FREE and FAIR!"

Trump then continued his tantrum on Tuesday with the personal attacks about Macron's approval ratings (which are admittedly dismal) and a variety of other bizarre insults, including a shot at France's record during World War II.

"Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the U.S., China and Russia. But it was Germany in World Wars One & Two - How did that work out for France? They were starting to learn German in Paris before the US came along. Pay for NATO or not!"

The president also attacked France's wine trade, saying trade restrictions imposed by the European Union are unfair to US wine producers.

"On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the US," Trump said. "The problem is that France makes it very hard for the US to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the US makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!"

According to data from the International Trade Centre, France exported roughly $1.8 billion worth of wine to the US in 2017 while just $71 million went from the US to France.

Interestingly, Trump reportedly has a renewed interest in imposing tariffs on imported cars and trucks in recent days. While France wouldn't be as suffer from auto tariffs as much as other EU nations - such as Germany - the move would likely cause major economic disruptions across Europe. France's finance minister has pledged to hit back if Trump imposed auto restrictions on European cars.

A dwindling number of close relationships

The back-and-forth between Trump and Macron seems to have buried one of the president's closer diplomatic relationships.

Macron was the first official state visitor of Trump's presidency and the pair always shared a chummy rapport in their public interactions, but Trump appears to have been scorned of late. In fact, Macron appeared much closer to German Chancellor Angela Merkel - who has not enjoyed a friendly relationship with Trump- over the weekend.

The collapse of the Trump-Macron bromance bears a lot of similarities to the falling out between the US leader and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Trudeau and Trump seemed to forge a connection early in Trump's presidency, but feuds over trade policies and personal attacks by Trump caused an ugly break up. Similarly, Trump's relationships with other leaders, like Chinese President Xi Jinping, have become strained over trade fights and other disagreements.

But Trump did share a warm greeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a memorial ceremony on Saturday, with Putin throwing Trump a big thumbs up.