Trump, Macron Clash Over Ukraine, Putin,  And Ceasefire Deal Despite Friendly Press Conference - video Dailymotion

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U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron displayed stark differences over Ukraine during a press conference, with Macron stating Russia "is the aggressor" and rejecting Trump’s claims about European aid. Trump pushed for a swift ceasefire, while Macron insisted on security guarantees. Both leaders agreed on European peacekeepers post-peace deal, with Trump claiming Putin would accept them. Trump also hinted at a potential Moscow visit. Meanwhile, Macron corrected Trump’s claim about European aid being loans. The meeting underscored widening U.S.-Europe divides on the Ukraine war.Trump     #Trump #Macron #UkraineWar #Russia #Putin #Zelenskyy #PeaceTalks #Ceasefire #WhiteHouse #France #NATO #USForeignPolicy #UkraineCrisis #RussiaUkraineConflict #EuropeanUnion #Biden #G7 #PeaceDeal #Geopolitics #PressConference  Also Read  Who Is Kash Patel’s Girlfriend? Meet the Country Singer Making Headlines :: https://www.oneindia.com/international/who-is-kash-patel-s-girlfriend-meet-the-country-singer-making-headlines-4077833.html?ref=DMDesc  Trump Recognises Importance of Stopping Russia to Achieve Peace in Ukraine While Seeking Reimbursement from Kyiv :: https://www.oneindia.com/india/trump-knows-russia-must-be-stopped-to-end-war-011-4077555.html?ref=DMDesc  Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Washington Visit Aims to Establish Trust with President Trump :: https://www.oneindia.com/international/japan-ishiaba-washington-trip-trump-connection-011-4065309.html?ref=DMDesc    ~ED.346~HT.334~

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00:30Look, I will never give any advice to President Trump.

00:35We have friendly and trustful discussion, but my experience with President Putin is

00:41the following.

00:42Number one, I always think it's good to have discussion with other leaders, and especially

00:45when you disagree.

00:48I stopped my discussion with President Putin after Butsha and the war crimes because I

00:53considered that we had nothing to get from him at the time.

00:58Now there is a big change because there is a new U.S. administration, so this is a new

01:03context, so there is good reason for President Trump to re-engage with President Putin.

01:10But my experience is the following, and I shared it with President Trump and the team.

01:16In 2014, our predecessors negotiated peace with President Putin, but because of the lack

01:24of guarantees, and especially security guarantees, President Putin violated this peace.

01:31And I had several discussions, especially at the beginning of 2022, several times, seven

01:36hours with President Putin, 15 days before the launching of the attack.

01:47He denied everything, but we didn't have security guarantees.

01:52So this is why being strong and having deterrence capacities is the only way to be sure it will

01:59be respected.

02:00And I insisted on that, and this is why I believe that the U.S. has the capacity to

02:07do so.

02:08And this is why I think we should never say, I will never send an inbuilt on the ground

02:12because you give a blank check, to violate any type of commitment.

02:20So I think it's good to have discussion.

02:22I think it's useful to have negotiation.

02:25I think it's super important to go to the peace.

02:28But I think it's very much to the benefit of this tremendous distrust on both sides.

02:33That's why it's good that I'm coming in now, but I think it's to the very much benefit

02:37of Russia to make a deal and to go on with leading Russia in a very positive way.

02:47That's what you have to do.

02:49But I really believe that he wants to make a deal.

03:19And I've spoken with both President Putin and President Zelensky.

03:35And again, a lot of good things toward peace are happening, moving, I think, pretty quickly.

03:43Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Michael Walz and

03:49Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff conducted successful talks in Saudi Arabia with the delegation

03:57from Russia.

03:58And I'd like to thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the King and Mohammed.

04:06Great people.

04:07They're really working hard to get this done.

04:09Our focus is on achieving a ceasefire as soon as possible and ultimately a permanent peace.

04:39So, I think it's good to have discussion.

05:00I think it's useful to have negotiation.

05:02I think it's super important to go to the peace.

05:06But my strong point was to say, let's try to get something first which can be assessed,

05:13checked and verified.

05:16And let's be sure that we build sufficient guarantees in the short run.

05:20And this is where we are ready to be engaged.

05:23As for France, a lot of my European colleagues are ready to be engaged.

05:27But we do need this American backup because this is part of the credibility of the security

05:32guarantees.

05:34And this is our collective deterrence capacity.

06:04As I said to the President, we've experienced peace accords that were only ceasefires without

06:17ensuring security guarantees, Minsk 1 and 2.

06:21And we want to make sure this doesn't happen again.

06:24And I know that the President has expressed the desire to be a player for peace in the

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Trump, Macron Clash Over Ukraine, Putin, And Ceasefire Deal Despite Friendly Press Conference

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