French President Emmanuel Macron’s workplace on Monday performed down the second his spouse Brigitte Macron appeared to shove him within the face in Vietnam initially of the couple’s a Southeast Asia tour.
Within the video captured Sunday, Macron might be seen standing in a aircraft’s open doorway when a hand seems to shove him within the face. Macron then pauses, turns to face exterior the aircraft, and flashes a smile and waves, earlier than shifting out of body.
The one that pushed Macron was largely out of body, however seemed to be sporting a a jacket matching the go well with shade Brigitte Macron had on when the couple exited the plane collectively minutes later. Macron appeared to supply his spouse his arm, which she didn’t take.
An official for the Elysee Palace performed down the second, saying the couple have been “having fun.”
“It was a second when the president and his spouse have been stress-free one final time earlier than the beginning of the journey by having fun,” the official mentioned in an announcement, in line with Reuters, calling it a “second of closeness.”
The Élysée Palace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from NBC Information.
Emmanuel Macron, 47, and his spouse Brigitte, 72, have been married since 2007. Neither independently addressed the incident.
Macron’s go to to Vietnam marks the primary by a French president in nearly a decade, with the journey geared toward selling France’s affect within the former French colony.
The go to comes after President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to impose 50% duties on European Union items beginning on June 1, earlier than delaying the deadline to July 27.
France and Vietnam signed a deal Monday for 20 Airbus planes, in addition to protection and area agreements throughout Macron’s go to to Hanoi.
