A sweaty, muscular Emmanuel Macron was caught punching a punching bag by his official photographer, Sausage de la Moissonniere. These photos were supposed to show the French president in a new light and give him an advantage, but they created the exact opposite – they created irony, he notes. Le Figaro. Some have also compared him to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Soazig de La Moissonniere, the official photographer of the President of the Republic, shared two black and white photos on his Instagram account on Tuesday, in which we can see the head of state wearing two boxing gloves and looking at a punching bag.

In the middle of a boxing session, Macron turns from the effort, clenched teeth and tense muscles.

According to his wife Brigitte Macron, Emmanuel Macron is a regular visitor to boxing clubs. According to Paris Match, the Elysée resident “twice a week” conducts “45-minute training sessions”.

Earlier this year, on January 8, he already appeared in a boxing uniform in a short video on his X account.

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Eric Anso, a professor of modern history at the University of Lorraine, commented on Twitter that the photos, fake or not, “are part of the neo-populist virilism that some leaders today adore, starting with the master of the genre (so far) Volodymyr Trokha.”

The Kremlin leader, who won a fifth term on Sunday night, is used to taking winning sports photos, wearing a kimono while practicing judo or shirtless on horseback.

Some comments on social media focused on the president’s musculature, with many netizens accusing the photographer of altering the photos to make Macron look more impressive.

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