Visiting the military hospital in Mulhouse on Wednesday, in a department hard hit by the coronavirus epidemic, the President of the Republic chose to don the costume of chief of the armed forces. A staging skillfully orchestrated so that Emmanuel Macron can get his messages across.
On Wednesday, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, spent several hours at the Mulhouse hospital. A displacement studied in the smallest detail. Why ?
Because the President must mature. This is what one of his relatives told me on Wednesday. And to add: despite his young age, this crisis should allow him to settle down as father of the nation. Those who reflect on his image, on his positioning as they say in the jargon of political strategists, have been advising him for several days to abandon the white medical coat and to resume his presidential uniform, his suit of army chief.
Wednesday, at the military hospital of Mulhouse, the scenography was calibrated to the millimeter. As soon as he arrived, Emmanuel Macron took his time in front of the cameras to put on a protective mask, which he had refused to do so far.
Another detail yesterday: there were no ministers around him. It is a question of showing that it is the only one to take responsibility for its decisions vis-à-vis the French. A warlord who still activated his famous at the same time: manage the current crisis while planning for the next day. The announcement of a massive plan for the hospital is a way of clearing the ground for controversy and the likely commissions of inquiry that will be opened after confinement.
Emmanuel Macron has only one goal until 2022: to manage the economic and political health crises.