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Anger in France over Trump’s Macron dig that wife treats him ‘badly’
Macron called the comments neither elegant nor up to standard as French politicians condemned Trump’s personal jab and his criticism of NATO over Iran.
- On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron rebuked President Donald Trump for mocking his wife and France's Iran policy, dismissing the remarks as "neither elegant nor up to standard."
- At a White House lunch Wednesday, Trump joked that Brigitte Macron treated her husband "extremely badly" and criticized France for refusing to join U.S.-led military efforts in the Persian Gulf.
- Leading left-wing lawmaker Manuel Bompard called the comments "absolutely unacceptable," while French National Assembly president Yaël Braun-Pivet criticized Trump for laughing and "mocking others" during global crisis.
- Macron criticized the U.S. for acting without NATO allies, calling requests for military support "unrealistic" and warning that alliance commitments require consistency to maintain "stability, calm, and a return to peace."
- The deepening dispute marks a shift from the leaders' previously friendly relationship, as Macron warned that changing policy positions daily undermines credibility: "This is not a show.
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‘Macron – Whose Wife Treats Him Extremely Badly’: Trump’s Iran War Unraveling
“I call up France, Macron – whose wife treats him extremely badly. Still recovering from the right to the jaw.”It is not the first time that Donald Trump has resorted to this kind of language. But the timing, as always, is everything.His remarks about Emmanuel Macron, delivered during a private lunch in Washington, were crude and personal, yet also deeply political.Macron’s response—measured but unmistakable—was to dismiss them as “neither elega…
Paris. Emmanuel Macron, president of France, said yesterday that the remarks of his American par, Donald Trump, about his marriage “were neither elegant nor appropriate,” after the head of the White House imitated an accent and mocked him and his wife Brigitte.
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