President Donald Trump is seething over North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members’ refusing to support military actions against Iran, and France’s President Emmanuel Macron is at the top of his list of enemies.

Trump digressed from bragging about “Operation Epic Fury” being won, despite the prospects of two to three more weeks of battle, to humiliate Macron during his recent speech at the White House.

Trump’s recent speech went off the rails when he ripped into another world leader over a marital spat, as viewers pointed the finger back at him and first lady Melania. (Photo by Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)

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The billionaire businessman used the occasion to conflate diplomatic matters with a personal spat between the Frenchman and his wife, Brigitte Macron, on Wednesday, April 1, during an Easter gathering.

Trump began, “I call up France, Macron, whose wife treats him extremely bad,” causing people in the audience to laugh.

He then continued his tangent, realizing that his commentary had struck a chord with his supporters. Trump’s head tilted, and his softened gaze locked onto those he humored, and then he smiled.

“He’s still recovering from the right to the jaw,” said Trump before returning to his rant about Macron’s refusal to send ships to aid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

His jab was a reference to the French leader and Brigitte, who were caught on camera in a lovers’ rift in 2025 while exiting a jet. His wife smushed him in the face with both hands as the world watched. Trump, during an Oval Office meeting, shared his marital advice would be to “keep the door closed.”

“He really said this?” asked on X user. The jeering provoked another X user to say, “Now that’s crossing a line.”

A more brutal jab, “At least Macron isn’t on Epstein files,” referenced the files that cost Attorney General Pam Bondi her job as she was fired following her refusal to release all the government files tying Trump to disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein died in 2019, but a recent New York Times report revealed more than 5,300 files with references to Trump, as well as other claims about misconduct and intimate activity with other women.

The discourse nosedived when Trump’s marriage to Melania and his extramarital affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels became the focus.

The comments were flooded with people suggesting Trump be slapped for yet again speaking on another man’s wife and relationship without considering his own dynamic with first lady, Melania. One post read, “Meanwhile his own wife won’t live with him,” while another piled on, “Since Melania treats Trump like a doormat, he assumes other wives to the same.”

At first, one person commented that the wisecrack was coming “from the guy who pays his wife by the hour,” alluding to speculation that Melania only makes appearances with her husband of 21 years per a lucrative contract. The rumor has never been confirmed as fact or fiction.

Someone else quipped, “This from the man who got spanked by Stormy on the rear, with a copy of Time Magazine, whilst his current wife was pregnant with his youngest son.”

Stormy and Trump’s affair was the center of a 2024 hush money trial, alleging that the president paid Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about their 2006 tryst. He was found guilty.

Melania gave birth to her and Trump’s only child, a son named Barron, in March 2006. Brigitte has also been compared to the Slovenian model for her presumed disinterest in Macron. Much like the first lady, she has been recorded avoiding physical contact with the leader.

A fourth viewer commented that Trump’s mockery is a tell about his ego’s fragility. They wrote, “The more insulting he becomes, the thinner his own skin gets when others criticise him.”

Macron took the disrespect in stride. While in South Korea on Thursday, he reportedly told the press, “We are talking about war, civilians dying, economies suffering. What I heard is neither serious nor worthy of response. A world leader can’t use language he is speaking,” noting that there’s “too much talk” and “this is not a show.”

After insisting Trump’s focus should be on the “work towards de-escalation” and a ceasefire, the French President added, “I am not going to respond to them — they do not merit a response.”

Macron’s and Trump’s most recent meeting took place at the White House in February 2025. Critics are convinced the senior citizen tried to best the leader with a tense handshake, but the power move backfired, instead making him appear desperate for dominance.

‘He Really Said This?’: Trump Takes a Cheap Shot at a World Leader’s Wife After He Refuses to Bow — Then Gets Hit with a Savage Low Blow That Drags Up the One Thing Trump Can’t Stand