President-elect Donald Trump visited with French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday in Paris, for a meeting that he said was to discuss the world going “crazy.”
Trump was greeted by Macron at Élysée Palace and said that the two leaders had “really great success working together on defense and offense” during his first administration.
“And it certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right now and we’ll be talking about that,” the president-elect said Saturday.
He also cited that he and Macron have “a great relationship” and called the people of France “spectacular.”
In a post on Truth Social sharing a video of the exchange, Trump said he considered the trip “A GREAT HONOR.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also joined the meeting, greeting Trump with a handshake when he arrived. Trump has said he will end the war in Ukraine quickly when he is sworn into office next month.
Trump will attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral later in the day while in Paris. The cathedral suffered a devastating fire in the spring of 2019, causing its spire and wooden latticework of its roof to collapse.
First lady Jill Biden will attend the reopening as well. The White House said Friday that President Biden couldn’t go due to a scheduling conflict.
