Macron Gives Vietnamese Students a Lesson in ‘Impulsive’ Superpowers

France's President Emmanuel Macron listens as PhD student Nguyen Ngoc Minh Tam asks a question during a visit to the University of Science and Technology in Hanoi on May 27, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

By Francesco Fontemaggi

Between jabs at Donald Trump’s U.S. trade tariffs and criticism of Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea, French President Emmanuel Macron warned Vietnamese students Tuesday that “on the impulse of a superpower, everything can change”.

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