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In reply to the discussion: French President Macron's wife slaps him in the mouth [View all]Nixie
(17,764 posts)35. It looks to me like the immediate situation is he's trying to rush
her in front of the cameras and off the plane. That looks like an exasperated shove to go on then and leave her alone. Im just taking into account the stress of travel and constant cameras and the pressure especially on women to look good all the time. Maybe she needed more time to compose herself.
She shouldnt have done that, and who will ever really know what it was about, but it looks like she was being rushed and didnt like it. He is anxiously trying to get going, and shes not ready.
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So much speculation! She was wiping the stewardess's lipstick off his lips. Nothing to see here.
marble falls
May 26
#14
Of course its getting a lot of attention. Its not every day we see a world leader get smacked
Demovictory9
May 26
#27
Heh. It might empower Melania. Didn't she shove drump's hand away once when he was trying to hold it?
CTyankee
May 26
#21
Uh huh. MK Ultra. One of the favourite Qonspiracy theories Qurrent among people who do their own research. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 26
#24
That's what it.looks like to me, too. Most of the news headlines are calling it pushing or shoving, not slapping.
highplainsdem
May 26
#39
Sumo is the only sport I have followed regularly for more than 30 years. n/t
SomewhereInTheMiddle
May 27
#48