Emmanuel Macron and Javier Milei on the balcony, this may be a detail for you…

Perfect disagreement

On November 16 and 17, on his way to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Emmanuel Macron stopped in Argentina to meet the head of state Javier Milei, himself just back from a loving visit to future President Trump. Together, the French and Argentinian leaders were able to see that they did not agree on the fight against global warming, nor on the Mercosur free trade treaty, nor on the major questions of international politics. And not even on the timing of their greetings.

It sucks

Emmanuel Macron's trip to Argentina allowed us to see that Javier Milei had not finished with his hair extravagances. Or hairy. This is precisely the point. How can we describe from a technical point of view this arched thing running across his cheeks? Is it sideburns, and therefore hair falling particularly low? Or are they, on the contrary, sideburns, i.e. beard hairs left completely free? Since the diagnosis is not easy to establish remotely, we will simply note here the lack of aesthetic appeal of the thing.

The easy cuff

Destitute taste or ambition when it comes to clothing, Emmanuel Macron had brought out his usual presidential outfit. On his shirt cuff shone, as always, silver cufflinks. These, visible from the back, allow us to remember that this accessory was popularized on a large scale by Louis XIV and that it is still distinguished today by its closing system. Those of Emmanuel Macron are so-called “pistol” cufflinks, closing with a tilting trigger.

It's in the pocket

The French president especially wore his eternal and boring two-button straight navy suit, about which we have already said everything again and again. Except, perhaps, that this small pocket located above its big sister, on the jacket, is a “ticket pocket”, originally intended to hold the train ticket of first class men. Note that means of transport have changed clothing several times. When men traveled on horseback, their jackets had slanted pockets, cut at an angle, allowing them to slip their hands more easily on the back of an animal.

Hand game…

This image mainly shows two men looking in opposite directions and, obviously, not understanding each other. While Emmanuel Macron greets the crowd with a wave of his hand, Javier Milei is alone, a little lost, with a barely concealed desire to high-five him. Which gives us the opportunity to recall that this gesture, called « high five », was invented in 1977 by Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player Glenn Burke during a game against Houston, to celebrate a decisive play. It remains to be seen what Milei intended to celebrate here.