French President Emmanuel Macron told Donald Trump he didn’t understand what the American leader was “doing in Greenland” and offered to host a G7 meeting, inviting Russia and other countries, according to a screenshot of messages Trump posted online.
In the messages, Macron told the American that he could invite Ukrainians, Danes, Syrians and Russians to participate on the sidelines of the G7 meeting on Thursday (22), and also invited the president to have dinner with him in Paris.
A source close to Macron said the messages shared were authentic. Trump’s responses, if any, were not part of the screenshot he posted to his Truth Social account this Tuesday morning (20).
The White House and Macron’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
Macron, addressing Trump as his “friend” in the messages, said he was “totally aligned” with Trump on Syria and that they could do “great things on Iran.”
Crisis meeting on Greenland planned
Trump’s publication comes after European Union leaders decided over the weekend to meet in Brussels on Thursday night for an emergency summit, following their plans to impose new tariffs on products from several European countries due to their demand for the annexation of Greenland.
Macron considered Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Greenland unacceptable.
Truth Social’s publication came hours after the American president announced that , a move he says will put pressure on Macron to join Trump’s Peace Council initiative, aimed at resolving global conflicts.
It was not immediately clear when Macron’s messages to Trump were sent.
Macron is scheduled to arrive at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday morning (20), and return to Paris on Tuesday evening, advisers at the Elysee Palace said on Monday (19), adding that there were no plans to extend his stay until Wednesday, when Trump arrives in the Swiss city.
In December, the French president said Europe will have to resume direct negotiations if the latest US-led efforts to broker a peace deal in Ukraine fail.
Last week, Macron stated that France now provides two-thirds of intelligence information to Ukraine, largely replacing the United States.
