Trump and Macron to Push Reset on Their Awkward Relationship
- From a white-knuckle handshake to dinner at the Eiffel Tower
- Bastille Day pageantry includes Champs Elysees military parade
Macron to Meet Trump in Paris
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The awkward relationship between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron that began with a white-knuckle handshake and the U.S. president’s repudiation of the Paris climate accords gets a chance for a reset with Trump’s two-day visit to France.
For Trump, a businessman who first rose to prominence with a book celebrating deal-making, the meeting with the new French president offers an opportunity for the type of face-to-face transactional diplomacy he relishes.