French President Emmanuel Macron praised U.S. President Donald Trump for taking steps to end Russia’s war against Ukraine but warned the commander-in-chief to “be careful” in the negotiation process.
“We want peace. And I think the initiative of President Trump is a very positive one. But my message was to say be careful because we need something substantial for Ukraine,” he said in an interview from the Blair House Monday on “Special Report.”
“I think the arrival of President Trump is a game-changer. And I think he has the deterrence capacity of the U.S. to reengage with Russia.”
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office at the White House on February 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. ((Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))
Macron, who met with Trump at the White House on the third anniversary of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, said the U.S. and France need to work together to determine lasting future security guarantees.
He emphasized the need for more than just a ceasefire in the war due to previous violations by Russia in 2014 and 2015 with regard to the Minsk Agreements.
World leaders from Sweden, Estonia, Canada, Finland and Denmark met with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv Monday to show their support for the war-torn country.
“We worked very hard together with the UK prime minister to have a French-UK proposal to say we are ready to send troops, not to go to the front line, not to go in confrontation, but to be in some locations, being defined by the treaty, as a presence to maintain this peace and our collective credibility with the US backup and the US backstop.”
Ashley Carnahan is a writer at Fox News Digital.
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