She remained momentarily hidden behind the plane’s fuselage, blocking any view of her body language. The couple, who have been married since 2007, then descended the steps together, with Ms. Brigitte refusing her husband’s arm.
“I was bickering, or rather joking, with my wife,” Mr. Macron told reporters in Hanoi. “It’s nothing.”
He cautioned that this was not the first time in recent weeks that the content of videos of him had been twisted by people he described as "crackpots".