French President Emmanuel Macron said that he intends to tell U.S. counterpart Donald Trump that it's in the joint interest of Americans and Europeans not to “be weak” in the face of Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid U.

"Trump, I know him. I respect him and I believe he respects me," Macron said during a one-hour question and answer session on social media. "I will tell him: deep down you cannot be weak in the face of President (Vladimir Putin). It's not you, it's not what you're made of and it's not in your interests."

President Emmanuel Macron said that France was entering a "new era" three years after Russia invaded Ukraine and that he planned to tell US President Donald Trump that he could not be weak with

French president’s intervention puts Sir Keir Starmer under pressure to take tough line during his own trip to Washington

US President Donald Trump has said French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer "haven't done anything" to end the war in Ukraine, ahead of their visits to the White House next week.

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer will travel to Washington, United States next week amid alarm in Europe over US President Donald Trump’s hardening stance towards Ukraine and overtures to Moscow on the three-year conflict.

French President Emmanuel Macron advised US President Donald Trump against looking 'weak' to Russian leader Vladimir Putin as talks to end the Ukrainian war intensify, with Macron also keen to stress