Short answer: yes! 
Meantime while you guys have been busy punning, Trump appears to have done a complete somersault on Greenland! Of course, by the time some people read this post tomorrow morning, he might have done a reverse somersault and we’re back where we started.
Free NYT link below:-
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/21/us/trump-davos-greenland-news?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.wgSi.N9nIRdr79bPD&smid=url-share
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If you can get to the CNN video, the crisis is over. The toddler has a deal. So quick!
Sounds like the exact same deal that’s been in place for decades
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Maybe he’s only just found out about it…
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They’ve probably given him complete and total ownership in perpetuity of an iceberg that will be melting some time in March…
And a stuffed toy polar bear for his cot…
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I’d be happier if it wasn’t the toy in the cot that was stuffed. 
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Evidently so do lots of others! Even at 659€. Though evidently don’t break after a couple of years at that price. I’d have hoped no glasses would break after just a couple of years.
Possibly interesting article, with plenty of ‘reasons’ why chosen in the article (e.g. not having to look trump in the eye, entirely produit en France, rocky etc) and a fuller explanation of the eye condition, and why the sunglasses aren’t necessary for it.
@DrMarkH tagged for update and first poster (of potential dalek invasions)
@JaneJones coz they are made in her former neck of the woods in Lons.
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I suspect it’s vanity as much as anything else. I’m sure he wouldn’t want his red eye all over the front pages and TV coverage.
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I’d argue, for the very reasons you suggested cited that this isn’t so much ‘vanity’, aspolitical common sense. The President can’t look weak or vulnerable at Davos, but also semiotically despite their exclusivity, they resemble military style sunglasses, not Cote d’Azur luxutious tortoiseshell-framed shades .
And of course, they’re French.
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François Hollande got a bit of political stick because he chose to wear Danish made glasses. Marcon is flying le tricolore 
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it would be a hostage to fortune for a politician to do anything else these days.
Although it doesn’t stop Trump wearing stupid hats made in China. 
I read somewhere that Macron has an eye infection called ‘pink eye’, hence the glasses. I had that and it is horrible and you would want to wear glasses because people do keep commenting on it.
Yes I think it was something like that - a burst blood vessel was another explanation reported.
At €659 a pop I don’t think I will be indulging in Macron shades any time soon. 
Plus I would need prescription lenses!
Are we sure his wife didn’t beat him again?
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That was one of my thoughts, given her recent form and apparent irascibility. And the condition can be caused by being hit.
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My thought was that it would have been better to have worn a black eye patch instead and maybe a towel wrapped round his head so that people would think he was taking the mick out of Trump.
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Unfortunately, you tend to get pink eye in both eyes. So 2 eye patches!! Still Boots sell them in 3’s, I did always wonder why?
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Acc to what he told the media it’s a popped blood vessel. A friend of mine had the same thing and it happened when she sneezed, looks absolutely ghastly so not surprising he’d cover it up, anyone would especially if they are going to be photographed. And you just know that someone as ill-bred and mannerless as Trump would make personal remarks about it.
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The 3rd one is for your nose because you keep bumping into lamp posts.
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