Macron’s remarks appear to come from a place of a highground that his country’s colonial past with Haiti ill-affords.

Haiti’s transitional presidential council’s former president Edgard Leblanc Fils says the French President had insulted an entire nation ‘living through dark times’

French President Emmanuel Macrons controversial remarks about Haitis Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) have ignited outrage, deepening tensions between France and its former colony. Macrons candid criticism,

President Macron, control yourself. In an off the cuff remark made on Thursday during the course of a visit to Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Macron called the Haitians who “fired” their prime minister “complete morons” for doing so. He spoke in response to a question from a passerby about the volatile state of affairs in the troubled Caribbean nation.

He criticized the Caribbean nation's presidential council for sacking Prime Minister Garry Conille after just six months in office.

A member of Haiti’s transitional presidential council has publicly criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for describing the leadership of the Caribbean country as “total morons.”