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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Macron dismisses viral moment with wife as 'joking around' after disinformation claims backfire
French President Emmanuel Macron allegedly argued that video images showing his wife Brigitte pushing him away with both hands in the face on Monday were a pro-Russian disinformation campaign. "Brigitte's hands #Macron brought to the PR's face at #Hanoï : the Élysée initially denied the veracity of the images, suggesting a video generated by AI and relayed by pro-Russian accounts, before finally authenticating the sequence and evoking a moment of "complicity," a post from the French outlet, Brèves de presse, claimed. Although Macron's office initially denied the authenticity of the images, The Associated Press later confirmed them as genuine. Emmanuel Macron's Wife Seen Shoving Him In The Face In Viral Clip As France's First Couple Arrives In Vietnam His office has continued to downplay the incident following the initial attempt to suggest a pro-Russia disinformation campaign. "It was a moment where the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by horsing around. It's a moment of complicity. It was all that was needed to give ammunition to the conspiracy theorists," his office said. Read On The Fox News App Macron has also told reporters that the couple were just joking around. "We are squabbling and, rather, joking with my wife," he said, adding that the incident was being overblown into "a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe." France's Macron Meets With Trump At The White House Video of the incident showed a uniformed man opening the plane door as Macron was seen wearing a suit and standing in the doorway. Brigitte Macron's arms – in red sleeves – could be seen reaching out and pushing Macron away, with one hand covering his mouth and part of his nose while the other was on his jaw. The French president turned his head away but suddenly noticed news cameras capturing the moment. He quickly smiled and waved before exiting the door frame. Macron and his wife later disembarked the stairs of the aircraft together. The French president offered his arm, though the first lady – seen wearing a red blazer – did not take hold of it. The video quickly went viral and was mainly promoted by accounts that have been accused of being habitually hostile to the French leader. "For three weeks … there are people who have watched videos and think I shared a bag of cocaine, that I had a fight with the Turkish president, and that now I'm having a domestic dispute with my wife," said Macron. "None of these are true. Everyone needs to calm down."Original article source: Macron dismisses viral moment with wife as 'joking around' after disinformation claims backfire
Fox News
28-05-2025
- General
- Fox News
Macron dismisses viral moment with wife as 'joking around' after disinformation claims backfire
French President Emmanuel Macron allegedly argued that video images showing his wife Brigitte pushing him away with both hands in the face on Monday were a pro-Russian disinformation campaign. "Brigitte's hands #Macron brought to the PR's face at #Hanoï : the Élysée initially denied the veracity of the images, suggesting a video generated by AI and relayed by pro-Russian accounts, before finally authenticating the sequence and evoking a moment of "complicity," a post from the French outlet, Brèves de presse, claimed. Although Macron's office initially denied the authenticity of the images, The Associated Press later confirmed them as genuine. His office has continued to downplay the incident following the initial attempt to suggest a pro-Russia disinformation campaign. "It was a moment where the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by horsing around. It's a moment of complicity. It was all that was needed to give ammunition to the conspiracy theorists," his office said. Macron has also told reporters that the couple were just joking around. "We are squabbling and, rather, joking with my wife," he said, adding that the incident was being overblown into "a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe." Video of the incident showed a uniformed man opening the plane door as Macron was seen wearing a suit and standing in the doorway. Brigitte Macron's arms – in red sleeves – could be seen reaching out and pushing Macron away, with one hand covering his mouth and part of his nose while the other was on his jaw. The French president turned his head away but suddenly noticed news cameras capturing the moment. He quickly smiled and waved before exiting the door frame. Macron and his wife later disembarked the stairs of the aircraft together. The French president offered his arm, though the first lady – seen wearing a red blazer – did not take hold of it. The video quickly went viral and was mainly promoted by accounts that have been accused of being habitually hostile to the French leader. "For three weeks … there are people who have watched videos and think I shared a bag of cocaine, that I had a fight with the Turkish president, and that now I'm having a domestic dispute with my wife," said Macron. "None of these are true. Everyone needs to calm down."
South China Morning Post
25-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
French President Macron hopes for defence, energy and tech deals as he starts Asia trip
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he hoped to strike deals for France in areas such as defence, energy and tech innovation, as he arrived in Vietnam for the start of a roughly week-long trip in Asia. Advertisement Macron arrived in Hanoi on Sunday, marking the first trip to Vietnam by a French president in nearly a decade. After Vietnam, Macron will then go to Indonesia and finish up in Singapore , where he will speak at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's top defence conference. Macron's visit comes as France and the European Union aim to strengthen their commercial ties in Asia to offset uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's tariff measures. 'I am coming here to strengthen our ties in key areas – defence, innovation, the energy transition, and cultural exchanges,' wrote Macron on social media. Advertisement
Bloomberg
25-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Macron Kicks Off Asia Tour in Vietnam With Focus on Energy
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to focus on energy, transport and infrastructure during his state visit to Vietnam, the first stop of his Southeast Asian tour as he seeks to shore up alliances in the region. Macron will hold talks with Vietnam's top leaders in Hanoi Monday. An agreement on a power grid project between the French Development Agency and Vietnam's National Power Transmission Corporation is set to be one of the deals sealed during his visit, according to state media.
