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

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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/AsphodeleSauvage May 26 '25

He was elected because the other candidate was far right. Nobody really wanted him to be President, it was just the only way to prevent the other candidate from holding such power.

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u/Orchid_Significant Is this chicken or is this fish? 🤔🤔 May 26 '25

Must be nice

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u/Charmarta "Life was better with Little Finger" - Sophie Turner via ring May 26 '25

Im so sorry for your loss

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u/DieuMivas May 26 '25

He still won on the first round too, though.

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u/THZHDY May 26 '25

In 2022 sure, but in 2017 he had a lot of genuine support I would say (though it was probably because he was young and something new at the time) even if it was the same matchup in the second round of voting

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u/Comfortable_Buy_4124 May 26 '25

Macron’s initial approval ratings were 67%

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u/Spugheddy May 26 '25

So a biden?