Watch live as President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hold a joint press conference. Starmer's trip, coming a few days after French President Emmanuel Macron's visit, reflects the mounting concern felt by much of Europe that Trump's aggressive push to find an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine signals his willingness to concede too much to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
French President intends to tell Donald Trump that it’s in the joint interest of Americans and Europeans not to “be weak” in the face of Vladimir Putin.
French President Emmanuel Macron joined President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday for a formal diplomatic engagement, in which the two discussed substantive foreign policy issues, including Russia and Ukraine and held a news conference,
French president Emmanuel Macron says he will tell Donald Trump to "not be weak" in the face of Vladimir Putin, when he travels to the White House to discuss America's move to end Russia's war in Ukraine on Monday.
Macron was the first European leader to visit Trump since his reelection, aiming to capitalize on their friendship to urge Trump not to “be weak” in dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump’s recent statements that echo Putin’s narrative and plans to have direct negotiations with Moscow have left European allies and Ukrainian officials worried.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how French President Macron humiliated Donald Trump after the United States, for the first time in history, “voted with the dictator against freedom” when it stood with Vladimir Putin in opposing a UN resolution condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Sitting beside the French president, Mr Trump pointedly declined to call Vladimir Putin a dictator, saying “I don’t use those words lightly.” Mr Macron seemed cautiously upbeat about his visit to the White House.
President Donald Trump hosted French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House, where they discussed the status of Ukraine-Russia peace talks.
Trump in broad-ranging comments Monday on the state of the conflict said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine to keep the peace.
Russia cautioned French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday against threatening Russia with nuclear rhetoric and ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces from NATO members to Ukraine.