PARIS (AP) — President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron are trying to project unity after Trump lashed out at one of America’s strongest allies in Europe.
Trump had claimed Macron insulted the United States when the French president pushed the idea of the continent having its own defense force.
The American and French leaders have had an up-and-down relationship, but they told reporters that they are good friends as they prepared for talks at the Elysee Palace on Saturday.
The meeting was Trump’s first stop on a weekend trip to Paris where dozens of world leaders are gathering to commemorate Sunday’s 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
