If a sitting U.S. President were caught on camera being openly shoved by his spouse in front of the whole world, you can bet your bottom dollar it would dominate every news cycle for weeks. But in France, under the liberal regime of President Emmanuel Macron, the media has decided it’s just another Tuesday, burying a damning video showing Macron’s wife, Brigitte, shoving him in the face as they exited their plane in Vietnam.
The footage is disturbing, revealing a moment of open disrespect and humiliation toward a head of state on foreign soil. Yet, astonishingly, within 24 hours, the French media collectively decided to sweep it under the rug. Not one major French newspaper featured that troubling image on their front pages, despite the video being viewed millions of times across social media platforms worldwide. CNN itself admitted, “A split-second clip that would have dominated US news for days aired in France for just 24 hours and then it was gone.”
If you look closely, you can see Emmanuel Macron’s wife Brigitte forcibly shove him in the face with BOTH of her hands.
This is clearly assault, whether Macron takes it as such or not.
How long has it been going on?
— Maria Leah (@maria_leah385) May 26, 2025
Think about that. A president—someone entrusted with the dignity and strength of his nation—being publicly belittled by his wife, and France’s mainstream media chooses silence. It’s a telling sign of how deeply the elites control the narrative, protecting their own at all costs. This isn’t simply about a marital spat; it’s about media complicity and the culture of silence among the liberal establishment.
Why the cover-up? CNN offered excuses, citing France’s supposed cultural distaste for probing politicians’ private lives. But let’s remember that this is the same nation whose press once hid former President François Mitterrand’s illegitimate family from voters, and whose media turned a blind eye to Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s predatory behavior until American reporters exposed it. This isn’t cultural sensitivity—it’s a calculated practice of shielding the powerful from accountability.
Macron quickly dismissed the incident, releasing a statement claiming it was just “joking” and chastising observers for making it “a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe.” But body language experts aren’t buying this spin. Judi James told the U.K. Daily Mail bluntly, “I would not describe the gesture we saw from inside the plane as one of ‘play’ as has been claimed. There is no follow-up shared laughter, grins or teasing rituals.” She’s right. This wasn’t playful—it was a display of raw power imbalance.
Yet CNN, predictably, took Macron’s side, lamenting how the French President had to endure “false information and fabricated stories” about his marriage. They painted Macron as the victim, conveniently ignoring the undeniable optics and the troubling history of this controversial marriage.
Let’s not mince words: Macron’s relationship with Brigitte has raised eyebrows since day one. She was his married 39-year-old teacher when they met; he was her 15-year-old student. Today, as a 72-year-old woman publicly humiliating her 49-year-old husband—who is also the leader of one of the world’s largest economies—the dysfunction is glaringly apparent. This unhealthy dynamic, openly displayed, has implications beyond their private lives. It speaks to Macron’s ability—or inability—to command respect on the world stage.
Imagine if President Trump faced a similar scenario. The liberal media would be relentless, calling into question his leadership, his mental state, and even his legitimacy as a world leader. But because it’s Macron, a darling of the globalist left, the media establishment is eager to dismiss this as a non-story, a harmless quirk of French culture. Americans shouldn’t buy it for a second.
This isn’t about gossip or sensationalism; it’s about a pattern of elitist cover-ups. It’s about media complicity in protecting favored politicians from scrutiny, no matter how egregious their actions. And it’s about fundamental integrity—or the lack thereof—in our global political discourse.
As conservatives, we must reject this double standard outright. We cannot allow the leftist media establishment—whether American or European—to dictate what we see, what we discuss, or what standards our leaders should be held to. Macron and his media protectors might prefer silence, but the truth demands sunlight. Let’s shine it bright.
