For hours now, the world has been watching the viral clip of the scene that’s become the talk of the town: Brigitte Macron seemingly slapping Emmanuel just before they disembarked the presidential plane in Hanoi. Was it really just a “joke,” as the Élysée claims? Or did it hide something far colder… and more intense?
After body language experts weighed in, lip-reading specialists stepped up to decode the moment. And what a decoding it was! According to them, Brigitte’s words were crystal clear: “Get lost, loser.” You couldn’t get more explosive than that.
On one side, Macron seems keen to cool things down with a calm “let’s try, please.” On the other, Brigitte shows her disappointment, even avoiding his offered hand. A moment that feels straight out of a movie script rather than presidential life.
The truth? As always in politics, what we see is probably just the tip of the iceberg — with the rest left behind the closed doors of the Élysée Palace.
