A video of French President Emmanuel Macron admonishing a teenager who called him by a nickname went viral on social media Tuesday.
The video shows Macron shaking hands in a crowd, when the teenager – using a diminutive for Macron’s first name – asks him: “How’s it going, Manu?”
Macron stops and responds: “Call me ‘Mr. President of the Republic,’ or ‘monsieur.'”
He then adds: “The day you want to start a revolution, get a degree and learn to feed yourself, OK? You can start lecturing others then.”
The exchange occurred Monday at a ceremony commemorating Charles De Gaulle’s historic appeal for armed resistance against Nazi tyranny.
Macron tweeted a video of the discussion, prompting a flood of comments Tuesday. Some applauded the French leader’s demand for respect, while others criticized what they saw as his arrogance.
(AP)
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This is what the world is coming to that a president can’t demand respect from a teenager!!!
a president deserves a bit of respect and even though in our times the concept of respect in the secular world has reached a very low point, Manu is correct….
In the old days it would be high treason we have lost our way
Good for him! Kids need to know their place. Without respect there is chaos.
So it’s arrogance to put a snot-nosed punk in his place? Meh.
give me a break! the kid immediately apologized and mini macron kept on “darshining”. you could see the kid meant no disrespect.
so he teaches people Moral but has none himself…