Trump releases Macron’s message offering to host G7 meeting in Paris

Macron called on the EU to apply retaliatory measures against the US if Trump follows through on his threat to impose additional tariffs AFP via BBC American President Donald Trump disclosed a private conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron this Tuesday (20). He published the content on his Truth Social social media account. (read the full message below) European leaders scheduled an emergency meeting for Thursday (22), in Brussels. With that, Macron offered Trump to organize a meeting with the G7 in Paris on Thursday afternoon. 📱Download the g1 app to see news in real time and for free ➡️ The following are part of the G7: United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom (UK), in addition to the European Union (EU). Macron also proposes inviting Ukraine and Denmark to the meeting in order to discuss differences over Greenland. Russia could be invited to participate as a spectator. In the message, Macron also comments on Syria and Iran: “We are completely aligned on Syria. We can do great things in relation to Iran. I don’t understand what you are doing in relation to Greenland. Let’s try to build great things.” The French president also invited Trump to dinner on Thursday night. Trump’s responses, if any, were not part of the screenshot he posted. A source close to Macron told the Reuters news agency that the text message shared by Trump was authentic. The White House and Macron’s office did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment. Read below the message released by Trump and the translation into Portuguese: Trump released private messages sent by French President Macron Reproduction/Truth Social “From President Macron to President Trump My friend, We are fully aligned on Syria We can do great things on Iran I don’t understand what you are doing on Greenland Let’s try to build great things: 1) I can organize a G7 meeting after Davos in Paris on Thursday afternoon. I can invite the Ukrainians, the Danes, the Syrians and Russians on the sidelines 2) Let’s have dinner together in Paris on Thursday before you return to the USA Emmanuel” Read more: ‘Parallel UN’: why Trump’s Peace Council is generating fear among world leaders Trump threatens to impose tariffs on French wines to pressure Macron to join the Peace Council Against Trump’s advance in Greenland, Europe may use ‘anti-coercion instrument’ for the first time Tension between presidents Tension between Macron and Trump comes after the American president announced which will apply a 10% tariff to eight European countries from February 1, 2026, if they oppose the US plan to buy Greenland — a territory in the Arctic that belongs to Denmark. Afterwards, Macron stated that taxation is “unacceptable”. “No intimidation or threat will influence us, neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are faced with such situations,” Macron wrote in a post on the social network X. European Union threatens to retaliate against Donald Trump’s tariffs

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