Deeply unpopular French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the White House on Monday morning, but President Trump was not waiting outside to greet the failed leader.
Macron is at the White House for talks with the future of transatlantic relations uncertain as Trump transforms American foreign policy.
The day started with a virtual meeting with other leaders of the Group of Seven economies to discuss the war.
Macron entered the White House alone.
Watch:
WOW Trump didn’t come out to greet Macron pic.twitter.com/nsnCST49NY
— Karli Bonne’ (@KarluskaP) February 24, 2025
The Gateway Pundit reported that Macron called for an emergency summit in Paris on Sunday after Trump officials flew to Europe and rocked the status quo with the Old Continent.
The European elites were unprepared for the US visits this past week and the policies proposed by President Trump’s top officials.
Macron’s visit on Monday will be followed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday as the two leaders rush to the White House to try to reclaim a central role in talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
Britain and France are drawing up plans for a European “reassurance force,” perhaps including up to 30,000 troops that could deploy to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal. The idea, however, faces massive barriers — not least that a deal that both Zelensky and Putin could agree to sign seems highly unlikely. And Starmer has already warned that the force couldn’t work without a US “backstop,” which could potentially include security guarantees, American intelligence cooperation, air support and heavy lift transport. A key takeaway this week will be whether Trump has any interest given Russia’s opposition to NATO troops in Ukraine under any flag.
As Trump leads the US in a new direction on Ukraine, historic schisms are opening that threaten the transatlantic alliance and the post-World War II order. Trump treats America’s longtime friends — who have failed to deliver on calls by successive presidents to spend more on defense — as adversaries. And the new administration has already shattered years of European assumptions about America’s security guarantees to the West.
Macron does not come to the table as a successful leader.
He leads a train-wreck minority government. He has had four different Prime Ministers in a year, a failing economy, spiking violence, and farmers in a constant state of revolt against suicidal ‘green’ policies.
Added to his troubles at home, the French post-colonial world is also crumbling, and their troops have been expelled from the African countries of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Senegal, and Ivory Coast.
61% of French in the last poll want him to resign.
Starmer’s leadership is in similar turmoil, and neither world leader approaches the discussions from a position of strength.
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