A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.