Overview
- During a live taping of The Political Party podcast in London, Keir Starmer posted a TikTok in which he donned aviator sunglasses and said “Bonjour!” to a laughing audience.
- The video carried the caption “Talk to me, Goose,” a Top Gun line directed at Emmanuel Macron.
- Macron replied in the comments with “For sure,” echoing a phrase from his Davos remarks that has since become a meme.
- Starmer followed up by posting a Top Gun–style image, likely AI-generated, depicting both leaders in aviator gear with their national flags and fighter jets.
- Élysée medical sources say Macron’s sunglasses stem from a benign subconjunctival hemorrhage, as the lighthearted volley spreads widely without signs of diplomatic strain.