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'Aid, not loan': Macron checks Trump at briefing
Hindustan Times
|February 26, 2025
They hugged, they gripped hands, they touched knees and they back-slapped. But they did not agree on everything.
French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump rekindled the most touchy-feely bromance in world politics as they met on Monday for talks on Ukraine.
But tensions over Trump's sudden pivot to Russia over the Ukraine war bubbled up to the surface. The French president-unusually for any visitor to the Oval Office interrupted his 78-year-old counterpart when Trump repeated a false claim that Europe was merely loaning Ukraine money and would get it back.
"No, in fact, to be frank," said Macron, touching his US counterpart's arm to stop him midsentence, "We paid 60% of the total effort and it was - like the US-loans, guarantees, grants." Trump smirked and said after Macron spoke: "If you believe that, it's ok with me." But while they don't see eye to eye on Ukraine, they still only seem to have eyes for each other.
This story is from the February 26, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times.
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