A Contentious Month Packed With TheoriesMacron’s past with false information just made the spectacle more spectacular.
The President recently had to refute a weird drug idea based on film of him picking up a tissue, which suggested he was caught using cocaine during a diplomatic train journey.
It was quickly refuted by French officials, who claimed the object was only “for blowing your nose.” “This fake news is being spread by
NEW: French media is shutting down social media rumors that French President Emmanuel Macron was caught with a bag of cocaine during a trip to Ukraine.
The moment was caught during a train ride from Poland to Ukraine when reporters entered the room.
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France’s enemies, both abroad and at home,” the statement said, warning of continued manipulation. We have to be on the lookout for manipulation.
Macron expressed his anger with the scandals by telling reporters, “People read all kinds of stupidity into things.”
“There’s a video of me making jokes and making fun of my wife, and somehow that turns into a kind of global
Disaster, and people even have theories to explain it.””None of this is true,” he continued. Everyone must relax.
