Le glow-up: Emmanuel Macron shows off Trump-style tan during White House summit after buff-looking French President was pictured jet-skiing on holiday
The French leader turned heads when he arrived for yesterday's summit with a deep tan after returning from his south of France holiday.
Macron's glow was so striking that some joked he could be competing with famously 'orange' Donald Trump in the presidential tanning stakes as the pair both sported a bronzed appearance.
And, it wasn't just Macron's sun-kissed look that was a talking point, but also his multi-colored hair palette - brown on the top that spackled over any thin spots, as well as gray specks on his sideburns.
This is only the latest time macron's image has stolen the spotlight.
Just days ago, he made headlines once more when he was pictured speeding around the Med on a jet ski with his biceps on display.
He later showed off his muscular physique and six-pack stomach as he posed topless, wearing only black swimming shorts, aboard a yacht with wife Brigitte, 72, and their friends near Fort de Bregancon on Thursday.
Just days ago, he made headlines once more when he was pictured speeding around the Med on a jet ski with his biceps on display
And last year, Macron sparked ridicule with a set of black-and-white boxing photos as he attempted to position himself as the strongman of Europe, standing up to Putin.
The pictures were released by Macron's official photographer Sazig de la Moissonniere and show the French leader in a boxing gym yesterday, where he flexed his muscles as he hit a punching bag.
His face set in a determined grimace, Macron aimed to show off his fighting spirit and determination after military experts said he is bidding to lead NATO as a 'Napoleon'.
Macron's cringe-worthy portrayal of strength with the boxing photos resemble similar attempts by Russian president Putin, whose office previously released photos of him beating an opponent in Judo, playing ice hockey or riding shirtless on a horse.
Donald Trump opened yesterday's meeting by gushing about his political frenemy Macron.
Trump lauded the French President, who was seated to his right, on a day when he met with European leaders as well as Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky in an effort to try to bring the brutal war in Ukraine to an end.
'Everyone knows President Macron of France,' Trump said while going around a table in the East Room of the White House and providing generous introductions of European leaders who raced to Washington to buttress Zelensky in negotiations.
President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte pose
Trump called Macron 'someone who's been with me from the beginning.' He called him 'one of the first people I met as a foreign dignitary' and said he 'liked him from Day One.'
'I like him even more now – that's pretty good. That's unusual,' Trump said, underlining for effect, 'That's a pretty unusual thing.'
Trump's comments certainly smoothed over the drama of their first encounter during his first term when the two presidents engaged in an epic viral handshake.
Trump was less complimentary about Macron while rushing back from the G7 summit in Canada in June, after Macron tried to explain the hasty exit by saying it had to do with a potential ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
'Wrong! He is 'publicity seeking' and always gets it wrong,' Trump posted later, days before dispatching U.S. bombers to hit Iranian nuclear sites.
After rolling out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska Friday, Trump talked up the attributes of many of the people seated around the rectangular table.
All were more traditional allies.
He called the UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer 'our friend and my friend' and said he was 'doing really well.'
'People like him a lot we all like him,' Trump said, a few weeks after meeting him at his own Scottish golf course last month. He called Italy's Giorgia Meloni 'a really great leader and an inspiration.'
Turning to Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, Trump called the newish leader a 'very strong person and a very strong leader and very highly respected in Germany,' which may have been lesser praise.
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