The two presidents spoke in front of the White House on Thursday, December 1. Facing an audience of cameras, they held each other to celebrate the strong alliance between France and the United States.
Time seemed long. “Forty-two seconds of discomfort,” right. On Thursday, December 1, Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron were invited to American soil by Joe and Jill Biden ahead of a reception at the White House. A few hours before the official evening, the two presidents gave a brief speech to journalists, reminding of the ties that unite France and the USA. The American head of state then grabbed his French counterpart in front of an audience of cameras. The scene, aired on news channels and shared on social media, quickly went viral as it caused some viewers to “embarrass”.
In the pictures, Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron stare at each other intensely for a few seconds, clasping their hands together, chaining embarrassed smiles. If the President of the Republic sometimes wants to get away, the former senator from Delaware refuses to let go. “I’m sure that Macron was not comfortable,” the surfer wrote on Twitter.
“Isn’t that worrying?”
Because since then, the video has gone viral on the internet and caused hilarity among users. “Joe Biden can’t really tweet. He is still holding Macron’s hand,” one of them teased. The jokes turned into real concern for others seeing evidence of Joe Biden’s aging in these pictures, reigniting the controversy surrounding his health. “I wonder, do you think Biden shakes Macron’s hand and forgets he’s doing it? Isn’t that worrying? Don’t you think that the world is making fun of his weakness?” warns the user.
In the video, Jill Biden and her grandson greet the White House Christmas tree
On the other hand, the more underground media explained that Biden was only waiting for the end of televised translations to free Emmanuel Macron’s hand. Something to calm the fans of the White House.
Source: Le Figaro
