On Monday, my RedState colleague Rusty Weiss brought you the wild story of a moment caught on video between French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, where the Mrs. appeared to aggressively shove her husband in the face with both hands, apparently not realizing the cameras were rolling.
The moment happened as they were getting ready to exit France’s version of Air Force One (known in some circles as “Air Macron”), which had just touched down in Hanoi, Vietnam, as the couple’s Southeast Asia tour was getting underway.
In response to the international news reports and the video going viral on social media, French officials spun it as the two having a “moment of closeness” and a “moment of togetherness,” even though Mrs. Macron seemingly refused to take the gentlemanly offer of an outstretched arm from Mr. Macron. The French leader later boiled…