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There's a French "observer" to the Russian election who says

I think Macron and Zelensky take too much cocaine, and they should stop.

So, since the Zelensky angle has been covered before here, what's the basis for the claim that Macron takes cocaine?

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the gods from engineering
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    What makes you think the answer could be any different? – Brian Z Mar 16 '24 at 00:03
  • @BrianZ: did Macron take a public drug test, like Zelensky? – the gods from engineering Mar 16 '24 at 00:09
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    Why would Macron humiliate himself, and France, to answer to Russian agitprop?
    Zelensky isn't in a situation where he can allow any doubts like that to get in the way of Ukraine aid - not at all the same circumstances. Why bother asking this Q?     – Italian Philosophers 4 Monica Mar 16 '24 at 00:35
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    Macron seems unloved enough already, without having to speculate about his personal life – Pete W Mar 16 '24 at 01:00
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    FYI, decades ago, in a presidential debate: "Chirac: Mr. President, can you tell me today's exchange rate to the Deutschmark?". "Mitterand: Sir, I am the President of France. You are not my schoolmaster". By and large, IIRC French public opinion agreed that Chirac had overreached himself by trying to ambush bad-on-economics Mitterand - who likely had no clue - and that he had infringed on the dignity of the president's office. It would a major faux-pas for any head of state to stoop down to taking a drug test for such a ridiculous reason. – Italian Philosophers 4 Monica Mar 16 '24 at 01:00

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Propaganda, of course. The enemy is depicted as weak and morally degraded. This does not need to have any grounding and most often does not.

Stančikas
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    At least we seem to know why we're getting this anti-Macron prop right now from that corner. Macron apparently turned hardline anti-Putin recently https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68575251 – the gods from engineering Mar 16 '24 at 19:58