Haiti’s government was not amused on Friday after French President Emmanuel Macron was caught on camera calling the island nation’s leaders “morons” for ousting their former prime minister amid escalating gang violence.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has referred to Haiti's leaders as morons, sparking a diplomatic row between the two nations, reports The Guardian. According to the publication, Haiti's government summoned the French ambassador to formally protest what it described as unfriendly and inappropriate remarks made by President Macron.

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.

Comments by French President Emmanuel Macron in a video at the G20 summit in Brazil, in which he called the Haitian transitional council "total morons" for firing former Prime Minister Garry Conille,

French President Emmanuel Macron was filmed calling Haiti's leadership "completely stupid." His comments went down particularly badly given France's colonial history in the Caribbean.