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President François Hollande of France will arrive alone at the White House for a state dinner in his honor Tuesday night. Weeks before departing for the United States, Hollande picked up the phone, called a journalist at the Agence France Presse, and issued a brief statement, “I wish to make it known that I have ended my partnership with Valérie Trierweiler.” This was meant to resolve any speculation as to whether Trierweiler, his longtime companion and France’s “première dame,” would be joining him on the trip in the wake of reports of his supposed affair with French actress Julie Gayet.

But many French were shocked at the brevity and coldness of the dictated message, comparing it to the firing of an employee. Eighteen words—and three of them were ‘I’—several news outlets pointed out.

The French are traditionally less moralistic than Americans in judging the private behavior of their politicians. The vast majority of French agreed with Hollande when he said that the turmoil in hi

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