US EditionTrump mocks Macron's sunglasses in Davos speech
Macron's aviator sunglasses sparked viral memes and crashed the French brand's website, boosting its stock nearly 30%, as Trump mocked the look in his Davos speech.
- On Jan 21, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump mocked French President Emmanuel Macron at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying `I watched Emmanuel Macron yesterday with those beautiful sunglasses`, which drew laughs from the audience.
- Macron wore aviator sunglasses during his Jan 20, 2026 WEF address, and Élysée Palace said the eyewear protected his eye after a burst blood vessel, sparking online memes.
- Trump said `I watched Emmanuel Macron yesterday with those beautiful sunglasses`, while also referencing Macron's eye ailment during his Davos address to delegates.
- Threatening economic measures, Trump warned of 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne if Macron declines his Board of Peace invite; eight European nations face tariffs starting at 10% next month, rising to 25% by June.
- The spat followed Trump's publication of private messages earlier this week, and Emmanuel Macron used his Jan 20, 2026 WEF speech to denounce tariff threats and vow resistance to coercive pressure.
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“What the hell happened?” Donald Trump asked in the middle of his speech. Emmanuel Macron stood out in Davos with his sunglasses. Many people seem to want to buy the same ones. The manufacturer's website crashed and the owner company's stock rose by 28 percent.
We only talk about them on the networks and the media. This famous polarized glass mount – giving the French head of state an air of Tom Cruise in Top Gun – are Pacific S01s of the Henry Jullien brand. A historically French manufacturer, founded in 1921, but placed in judicial reform in 2023, was taken over by an Italian group. His current leader tells us about the epic of the most commented pair of glasses of the moment.
Macron spoke in sunglasses because of his bloodshot eyes.
It was enough that he wore them in Davos and the "Top Gun" style glasses, with the blue lenses, exhibited on the stage of the Forum by Emmanuel Macron became a "must." By Donald Trump, who made the joke "I saw him yesterday, with his beautiful sunglasses... (ANSA)
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