Trump jokes about Macrons amid face-grab controversy
Donald Trump recently spoke to journalists regarding the controversy surrounding the behavior of Brigitte Macron, the wife of the President of France. The U.S. leader addressed Emmanuel Macron and even allowed himself a small joke.
The world is still abuzz over the unusual behavior of the French presidential couple as they disembarked from a plane. Cameras recorded Brigitte Macron grabbing her husband Emmanuel's face and then pushing it away. Many people speculated that the first lady had hit Macron.
Donald Trump commented on the matter after being asked by a Fox News journalist to provide some advice to the President of France.
Trump addressed Macron with humor
Donald Trump decided to respond to a Fox News reporter with humor. When Peter Doocy asked for marital advice for Emmanuel Macron, Trump gave a brief reply.
- Make sure the door remains closed - summed up the U.S. President.
Trump, who has been married three times himself, decided to elaborate further.
- I spoke to him. He's fine. They're fine. They're two really good people. I know them very well. I don't know what that was all about - he noted.
"People even make up theories"
The incident between the Macrons caught the world's attention, prompting the president to step in and clarify rumors that had escalated into a scandal.
- There’s a video showing me joking and teasing my wife and somehow that becomes a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe, with people even coming up with theories to explain it. We are horsing around and, really, joking with my wife - emphasized Emmanuel Macron, whose statement was cited by CNN in Plotek.
