London | Donald Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron he was doing a “great job”, with the pair hugging after a White House meeting on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) that the Europeans hope will help deal them back into the US president’s negotiations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
In front of reporters, Macron told Trump what he wanted to hear: that Europe knew it had to take more responsibility for its own defence, “to more fairly share the security burden that your country has been carrying for so many years”.
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