US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron shared some light-hearted moments during their meeting at the Oval Office in Washington, D.C. on Feb 24.
Trump recalled a dinner in July 2017 at the Eiffel Tower during his first term as president when Macron started speaking in French without a translator present. The exchange ended up with knee-slaps and hearty handshakes.
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Trump recalled a dinner in July 2017 at the Eiffel Tower during his first term as president when Macron started speaking in French without a translator present. The exchange ended up with knee-slaps and hearty handshakes.
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00:00today on the major economic development transactions
00:03between the U.S. and Russia?
00:05President Trump, as he said, will be meeting with President Trump.
00:08Everything is still to be built, and I cannot postpone the discussions.
00:12But we share the same objective, and what we discussed this morning,
00:15an hour after the videoconference together,
00:17and what we will continue to work on, are, for me, good progress.
00:20About this, this is just a moment ago.
00:23This is extension.
00:24I just want to tell you a little story.
00:25So we're at the Eiffel Tower having dinner with your wonderful wife
00:29and with my wonderful wife, and we came out,
00:32and he started speaking the French deal.
00:35And we didn't have an interpreter, and he was going on and on and on,
00:39and I was just nodding, yes, yes, yes.
00:41And he really sold me out, because I got back the next day,
00:44and I read the papers, and I said, that's not what we said.
00:47He's a smart customer, I will tell you that.
00:51And so, what we have prepared, in particular with our British partners,
01:00in the context of a very close work that we have carried out in recent weeks,
01:03and shared with all European countries and allies who are ready to join,
01:08is the idea of saying, we are ready to bring these security guarantees.
01:11The conditions must be defined.
01:13They must be defined by the agreement.
01:17It can go as far as sending, as the President said,
01:20troops who will observe, who will respect, who will position themselves,
01:24not on the front line, not to be in the conflict,
01:30but to mark a presence as a guarantee.
01:32I have no idea what you say, but that is what we want.
01:36Elegant, beautiful language.
01:37Mr. President, thank you for your patience.