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Owens Says Trump Phoned to Tell Her to Stop Questioning Brigitte Macron’s Gender

The White House has declined to confirm whether Trump made the call

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Overview

  • Candace Owens told Tucker Carlson she received a February call from President Trump after Emmanuel Macron’s White House visit asking her to cease claims about France’s first lady.
  • She said a senior White House official first relayed the request before Trump personally phoned, expressing confusion over Macron’s intervention.
  • White House communications director Steven Cheung declined to comment on private conversations between the president and Owens.
  • Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron filed a 219-page defamation suit in Delaware last month and the case remains in the pre-discovery phase under U.S. actual malice standards.
  • The dispute underscores clashes between strong First Amendment protections and international defamation claims fueled by baseless anti-trans conspiracy theories.