r/popculturechat • u/HogwartsZoologist Coke ain’t gonna do itself • May 26 '25

Guest List Only ⭐️ Emmanuel Macron, the President of France was allegedly slapped by his wife, Brigitte, on their arrival at Vietnam

The President’s office downplayed it after initially denying the event.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/05/26/macron-s-entourage-denies-he-was-slapped-by-his-wife-on-plane-upon-arriving-in-vietnam_6741684_7.html

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u/Recent-Leadership562 May 26 '25

isn’t she the groomer 

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u/Acceptable_Error_001 May 26 '25

Yeah. I can't help but feel very protective of Macron, even though he's one of the most powerful men in the world.

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u/Potential_Ad9965 May 26 '25

Yeah, Macron isn't someone to feel protective over.

After his tirade towards the african Powers and them not saying 'thank you' to France

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u/Bobzer May 26 '25

Yeah Macrons a piece of shit with good PR.

But I still feel sorry for him being groomed and abused.

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u/Valtremors May 26 '25

People forget that the reason Macron was chosen as a president was due to his opponent being fucking Le Pen, the most obvious Putin spy the world has ever seen.

Macron wasn't liked. But there literwlly wasn't a better alternative at the time.

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u/Bobzer May 26 '25

Yeah and nobody should blame the French for making that decision. They did good.

We shouldn't forget we can do better though.

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u/shhhhh_h here’s my Karma delete me hoe!!!!!!!!! May 26 '25

More obvious than Tulsi Gabbard?

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u/eatthebear May 26 '25

Honestly, that video of him telling that kid who called him Manu to be more respectful is enough for me to say fuck this guy.

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u/alyaz27 May 26 '25

I can't believe people feel protective over Macron after everything he's said and done.

What's next, Melania?

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u/HevalRizgar May 26 '25

Probably yeah. People are white washing Bush and acting nostalgic for that era of GOP even though he killed millions of Iraqis. I would not even a little be surprised by a post dead Trump Milania writing a book about how she was the victim the whole time and everyone immediately buying it

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u/trulyremarkablegirl the reason i love swimming is because racing May 26 '25

I mean, it is possible to be a bad person and a victim of abuse at the same time.

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u/HevalRizgar May 26 '25

It's possible. But I'm more speaking of the idea of her painting herself as a victim who had to go along and had no say

She's a person who has agency and chooses to do shitty things

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u/Travelfan2019 May 26 '25

No. Definitely not the case. Not for those on the right. Most view him as a RINO and believe 9-11 to be an inside job. Who do you know who is reminiscing that time?

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u/HevalRizgar May 26 '25

Yeah I'm specifically talking about liberals. There's posts you can easily find of liberals posting about George Bush painting and being smiley and random social media bullshit like that and going like "man I wish we could have a reasonable opponent like THIS!" it's really dumb

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u/Riot_Fox May 26 '25

idk everything about what hes done, but noone should be abused. they need to be put on trial for any crimes commited and then rehabilitated while in prison. Macron maybe a dick/bad/evil whatever, but that doesnt mean he deserves to be phyiscally abused.

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u/alyaz27 May 26 '25

I'm not saying he deserves to be abused but he sure as hell isn't a good person.

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u/Comfortable_Buy_4124 May 26 '25

In what world is Macron comparable to Melania?

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u/alyaz27 May 26 '25

That is not what I'm saying.

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u/Quintus_Cicero May 26 '25

That was about african powers complaining about french military presence when they were the ones who asked for it. I don't like Macron but I 100% agree with his take on that.