French President Emmanuel Macron suffered an embarrassing moment during a train ride into Ukraine on Sunday.
Reporters filmed Macron during a train ride from Poland to Ukraine with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
The three leaders are on their way to Kiev to discuss the ongoing war with Russia and potential peace talks.
Rumors quickly began to spread that Macron possessed cocaine after he quickly grabbed a crumpled-up tissue. Others speculated that Merz tried to cover a straw or a spoon.
WATCH:
Three men and a bag of white powder.
Notice how Macron sneakily and deftly swipes it out of the camera’s view.
The German chancellor Merz takes care of the spoon.
Can’t have people thinking they are plotting strategy while doing cocaine together pic.twitter.com/6IWcT8ZoNI
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) May 11, 2025
French media pushed back on the rumors and said Macron grabbed a handkerchief off the table.
“There is nothing suspicious in the video,” French outlet Libération said, calling speculation that it was a bag of cocaine “conspiracy theories.”
