Watch: UK PM dons aviators to poke fun at Macron; French PM plays plays along

British PM Keir Starmer made airy of French President Emmanuel Macron’s caller quality successful aviator sunglasses aft the French president’s quality astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos.The premier curate appeared astatine The Political Party Live astatine the Duchess Theatre, wherever helium was interviewed successful beforehand of a unrecorded audience.

During the show, Starmer was handed a brace of sunglasses, which helium enactment connected earlier saying “Bonjour,” a playful motion to Macron.A clip of the infinitesimal was aboriginal shared connected TikTok. Starmer referenced the movie Top Gun successful the caption, writing: “Talk to me, Goose.” Macron responded successful the comments, joining successful the joke: “For sure.”

The speech followed Macron’s quality astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos past week, wherever helium wore dark, reflective aviator sunglasses portion delivering a code connected geopolitics.

The French president was responding to threats from Donald Trump implicit tariffs connected European countries unless they agreed to a US acquisition of Greenland.In his speech, Macron criticised Washington’s tone, defended European sovereignty, and spoke astir Europe’s relation connected the planetary signifier arsenic leaders debated the interaction of Trump’s renewed involvement successful Greenland. He said: “…having a spot similar Europe, which sometimes is excessively slow, for sure, and needs to beryllium reformed for sure, but which is predictable, loyal, and where, well, you cognize that the regularisation of the crippled is conscionable a regularisation of law, it’s a bully place.

And I deliberation this is simply a bully spot for contiguous and for tomorrow.”Macron kept his sunglasses connected portion speaking indoors, which drew attraction online. His bureau aboriginal said the crushed was medical, explaining that the president had suffered a burst humor vas successful his oculus and was wearing sunglasses to support it from harsh lighting.