To Michelle Obama’s right was Stephen Colbert, the comedian and television host, whose connection to France consists largely in his determination to pronounce his surname as if it were French (he is of Irish, English and German extraction).
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In his toast to Mr. Hollande, Mr. Obama offered humorous aperçus about life in America from the French political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville. “Vive la France, God bless America, and long live the alliance between our great nations,” the president concluded.They could have invited me, but I guess saying that is just sour grapes.