‘Not up to standard’: Macron criticises Trump after comments about his marriage

Anger in France after US president puts on French accent and mocks Macron during private lunch in Washington

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Emmanuel Macron has said Donald Trump’s comments about his marriage were “neither elegant nor up to standard” after the US president put on an accent and mocked his French counterpart and his wife during a private lunch in Washington.

Arriving in South Korea on Thursday, Macron made clear his displeasure at Trump’s comments, which appeared briefly in a video on the White House YouTube channel before being removed.