The walls are closing in on Macron with the subtlety of a French farce. The man who promised to be a Napoleon for the 21st century has instead expertly recreated the political chaos of the 1950s, systematically dismantling de Gaulle's strong-presidency model. He’s now a lame duck trapped in a palace, playing a high-stakes game of chicken with a parliament he created, all while Le Pen sharpens her knives.