During the morning of Monday, May 26, the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, denied having had a Domestic fight With his wife Brigitteafter the publication of images and videos that became viral on social networks, in which the woman is observed giving a swipe to the president upon arrival in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese news agencies captured the exact moment of the incident, after the French presidential plane arrived in the city of Hanoi To mark the beginning of his tour of the Southeast Asia. However, everything seems to indicate that the current First lady From France she was in full discussion with her husband.
In the images you can see the moment in which the door of the presidential plane opens and Macron is observed talking to his wife – from whom they only see the arms – when he pushes him The face With both hands, while the local media broadcast the entire incident live.
After receiving the coup, Emmanuel Macron seems surprised by what happened. However, The French president turns quickly and greets the Vietnamese mediatrying to act normally. Immediately, his wife goes down the stairs of the plane and he tends her arm, as is her custom, but she decides ignore it.
Controversy in France for the slap to Macron
The video of the coup to the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, turned viral quickly on digital platforms and unleashed a wave of comments negative In social networks. Despite this, the French president denied before journalists in the capital of Vietnamese that he and his wife had a Domestic fight On the presidential plane.
In his first statements in Vietnam, Macron publicly assured that he and Brigitte were only joking: “With my wife we were jokingas we do often, ”explained the French head of state, who requested calm To everyone about the interpretation of these images that have gone around the planet.
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It is worth mentioning that, at first, Emmanuel Macron’s presidential office denied the authenticity Of all the images and videos, before it was confirmed that they were true. Subsequently, a collaborator of the French president described the incident as a “Simple harmless fight” Among the couple.
Likewise, another member of the French presidential circle decided to subtract importance from the incident: “It was a time when the president and his wife relaxed before the start of the visit, there were only joking“Said this source, who asked not to be named.” It was a moment of complicity”, Added to the France-Presse agency (AFP).
Macron trying to hide with a smile after Brigitte’s swipe, but that grim fist (rage/frustration does not lie … pic.twitter.com/goyur2dibn
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So far, the wife of the French president, Brigitte Macron, He has not issued any comments regarding the incident with his partner. However, given this situation, for now it is unknown if the first lady will participate in the rest of the presidential tour of Emmanuel for the south of Asiawhich will continue in the next few days.
Vietnam It is the first stop of a tour of almost a week of Emmanuel Macron for Southeast Asia, in which he will also visit Indonesia and Singapore. However, in the next few hours it will be announced if the wife of the French president will continue to accompany him on the tour or if he will make the decision to return home in Paris, France.
Macron Slapped by His Wife Brigitte. pic.twitter.com/czdzdgpznq
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