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Macron’s Election Gamble Has Failed. Now He’s Nowhere to Be Seen
- The usually loquacious president hasn’t spoken since Sunday
- His camp is mulling steps to stop Le Pen in July 7 runoff
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Emmanuel Macron hasn’t been seen since the president and his wife, Brigitte, were spotted strolling the streets of the French coastal town of Le Touquet in dark sunglasses and leather bomber jackets a few hours before the scale of his defeat in legislative elections became known.
That spontaneous sighting — which led some on social media to comment whether he was trying to channel Tom Cruise in Top Gun — was the last time he was out in public. His Renaissance party got trounced by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally on Sunday night in a vote he called three weeks ago.