While navigating the country’s worst political crisis since the 1960s, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and hosted a three-way closed-door meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the backdrop of the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday.
The outing marks Trump’s first international visit since his Nov. 5 election win, and although he has not yet begun his term, he was given a full guard of honor at the Elysée Palace. The U.S. President-elect was greeted warmly by Macron upon arriving at the Palace before the pair posed together for pictures several times. Macron, who was the first world leader to congratulate Trump
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