Macron responds to ‘disinformation’ spread by viral video

Published May 12, 2025 3:39pm ET



French President Emmanuel Macron said France’s enemies were behind a “disinformation” campaign that involved a video of him.

While on a train to Kyiv, Ukraine, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a video showed Macron grabbing something from a table and stashing it in his hand. Macron’s office posted screenshots of the video with a close-up on the object, saying it was “a tissue. For blowing your nose.”

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