SYDNEY: Was it a Freudian slip through French President Emmanuel Macron? A shaggy dog story connected to French gastronomy? Or even, every 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 through calling Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's wife "delicious."
Wrapping up a joint news conference right through his brief Australian visit, Macron moved to thank the Turnbulls for their hospitality.
"I want to thank you for your welcome, thank you and your delicious wife for your warm welcome," he stated.
The remark quickly sparked some lighthearted reaction on social media and within the Australian press amid lively conjecture about the French leader's intent.
"Macron just said he wanted to thank Malcolm Turnbull and his 'delicious wife'. You can take the man out of France but ...," tweeted Alice Workman, a journalist.
Australian ABC News tweeted, "Lost in translation: Emmanuel Macron thanks the PM's 'delicious wife.'"
Despite Macron's deadpan delivery, some observers felt he could have been creating a shaggy dog story. Turnbull had just discussed Macron's forthcoming lunch with participants of Sydney's French neighborhood, and had followed with comments about French gastronomy and wine.
Pardoning generalizations about the French obsession with food, Macron minutes earlier had additionally been talking about shrimp, picking up on Turnbull's remark relating to China's growing influence within the South Pacific, when the Australian leader stated that "giant fish cannot devour little fish, and little fish cannot devour shrimp.''
Others felt Macron might merely have slipped up in his use of English, for the reason that French phrase for delicious — delicieux — additionally interprets as "delightful."
The more mischievous could have even considered Macron's remark to in all probability be a tongue-in-cheek connection with Trump's visit to Paris ultimate year, when he was once stuck telling Macron's wife, Brigitte, that she was once "in such great form," before looking to her husband and saying, "Beautiful."
In any case, the moment made headlines in Australia as a rather comedic finishing to a significant news conference that specialize in violent May Day protests in Paris, the Iran nuclear deal and China's growing influence.
Whatever the case, Macron raised eyebrows in Sydney on Wednesday through calling Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's wife "delicious."
Wrapping up a joint news conference right through his brief Australian visit, Macron moved to thank the Turnbulls for their hospitality.
"I want to thank you for your welcome, thank you and your delicious wife for your warm welcome," he stated.
The remark quickly sparked some lighthearted reaction on social media and within the Australian press amid lively conjecture about the French leader's intent.
"Macron just said he wanted to thank Malcolm Turnbull and his 'delicious wife'. You can take the man out of France but ...," tweeted Alice Workman, a journalist.
Australian ABC News tweeted, "Lost in translation: Emmanuel Macron thanks the PM's 'delicious wife.'"
Despite Macron's deadpan delivery, some observers felt he could have been creating a shaggy dog story. Turnbull had just discussed Macron's forthcoming lunch with participants of Sydney's French neighborhood, and had followed with comments about French gastronomy and wine.
Pardoning generalizations about the French obsession with food, Macron minutes earlier had additionally been talking about shrimp, picking up on Turnbull's remark relating to China's growing influence within the South Pacific, when the Australian leader stated that "giant fish cannot devour little fish, and little fish cannot devour shrimp.''
Others felt Macron might merely have slipped up in his use of English, for the reason that French phrase for delicious — delicieux — additionally interprets as "delightful."
The more mischievous could have even considered Macron's remark to in all probability be a tongue-in-cheek connection with Trump's visit to Paris ultimate year, when he was once stuck telling Macron's wife, Brigitte, that she was once "in such great form," before looking to her husband and saying, "Beautiful."
In any case, the moment made headlines in Australia as a rather comedic finishing to a significant news conference that specialize in violent May Day protests in Paris, the Iran nuclear deal and China's growing influence.
Macron says Aussie PM's wife 'delicious,' sparking reaction
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