In a new photo shoot in a boxing gym, French President Emmanuel Macron took poses reminiscent of Vladimir Putin’s pictures with a bare torso, says The Times. In this way, the French leader demonstrates “extreme masculinity” and wants to show that he is “ready to fight”.
Macron’s official photographer Soazig de la Moissonnière has published new photos showing the sweating French president hitting a punching bag with a determined expression, The Times reports. Nice-Matin newspaper saw them as a reflection of “extreme masculinity” and compared them to pictures of Putin with a bare torso riding a horse or practising judo.
Macron has recently moved from peace initiative to bellicose statements on the Ukrainian conflict, and cartoonists have begun depicting him in military gear leading France into war. According to the famous political technologist Gaspar Ganzer, the head of state wanted to show that he was “in good physical shape”, “motivated and full of energy” and “ready to fight”.
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