Yup. One of the big things in his canditacacy was an article about how genteel and sophisticated he was from (who knows or cares) magazine because they routinely spoke French when his family gathered for formal dinners or even family get togethers. I cringed when I read that and said it showed his phoniness.
Didn’t he spend time in France when doing his required mormon missionary youth work? Wouldn’t it make sense to want to be able to speak French well?