FRENCH PREZ MACRON SAYS

AUSSIE PM’S WIFE ‘DELICIOUS’

Sydney, May 2: 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, Mr Macron raised eyebrows in Sydney on Wednesday by calling Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s wife “delicious.” Wrapping up a joint news conference during his brief Australian visit, Mr 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 said.

Sydney, May 2: 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 Mr Macron’s wife?

Whatever the case, Mr Macron raised eyebrows in Sydney on Wednesday by calling Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s wife “delicious.”

Wrapping up a joint news conference during his brief Australian visit, Mr 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 said.

The comment quickly sparked some lighthearted reaction on social media. “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 Mr Macron’s deadpan delivery, some observers felt he may have been making a joke. AP