French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting with President Donald Trump Monday at the White House.
The meeting comes after Macron called for an emergency gathering of world leaders after the Trump administration excluded Europe from sitting at the negotiating table to settle the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Macron first arrived at the White House around 8 a.m. local time Monday and was inside for several hours. He and Trump participated in a call with Group of Seven (G7) leaders.
While he was leaving, Macron was seen giving a thumbs up to reporters and said the phone call with the G7 leaders was “perfect.”
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Macron will later hold a bilateral meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, followed by a joint press conference at 2 p.m. ET.
Monday is the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Trump said Friday that Macron and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer “haven’t done anything” since 2022 to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
“Trump, I know him. I respect him and I believe he respects me,” Macron said the day before. “I will tell him: deep down you cannot be weak in the face of President (Vladimir Putin). It’s not you, it’s not what you’re made of, and it’s not in your interests.”
Fox News’ Emma Colton and Caroline McKee contributed to this report.
