French President Emmanuel Macron began a two-day state visit to Portugal to strengthen bilateral ties and encourage European unity as the fate of Ukraine remains uncertain under an increasingly critical Trump administration.

French President Emmanuel Macron said a truce between Russia and Ukraine could be just weeks away, paving the way for sustainable peace negotiations, but warned it must be a "substantial" deal backed

French President Emmanuel Macron used his visit to the U.S. to publicly push back on President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on Ukraine.

Macron's careful handling of Trump was on full display in an unusual press conference, as the French President gently corrected Trump more than once.

Macron used his extensive repertoire of compliments, tactile body language and handshakes that never seemed to end on “Dear Donald.” And he even got away with correcting him in the Oval Office over his false claims that Washington had almost doubled Europe’s support for Ukraine.

Michael McFaul, Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and Simon Shuster, Reporter for Time Magazine join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump at the White House,

The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Belarus and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday against a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for its occupied territory to be returned. The measure passed overwhelmingly in the U.N. General Assembly.

Sitting beside the French president, Mr Trump pointedly declined to call Vladimir Putin a dictator, saying “I don’t use those words lightly.” Mr Macron seemed cautiously upbeat about his visit to the White House.

French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Friday that he left Washington after talks this week with President Donald Trump with scant hope that the European Union would avoid U.S. trade tariffs.