French President Francois Hollande is making his first official visit to the United Kingdom this week, and while his British counterpart, Prime Minister David Cameron, said he and Hollande found “much common ground,” the two leaders clearly did not see eye-to-eye for one simple reason: Francois Hollande is short. Hollande’s stature came to the attention of British and French press when he appeared next to the Guard of Honor from the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards. Commenters mocked the 5-foot-7-inch Hollande, saying, “Dwarfs rule the world,” among other remarks about the president’s height.
