Macron Calls Australian PM’s Wife ‘Delicious’
Was it a Freudian slip? A joke about French gastronomy? A parody of Trump’s infamous comments?
Emmanuel Macron, center, and Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy Turnbull at the Sydney Opera House on May 1.
Photographer: Mick Tsikas-Pool/Getty Images
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Sydney (AP) -- Was it a Freudian slip by French President Emmanuel Macron? A joke linked to French gastronomy? Or even, a week after his visit to Washington, a parody of President Donald Trump's infamous comments about Macron's wife?
Whatever the case, Macron raised eyebrows in Sydney on Wednesday by calling Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's wife "delicious."