Trump dealt humiliating swipe by Macron | World | News

Emmanuel Macron took a sharp swipe at Donald Trump in his speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday. The French president called on Europe to “show an unwavering determination to defend our interests” to reassert the continent’s global position.

He also touched on the threat of US tariffs and Trump’s plan to take over Greenland. He said: “If we want to be taken seriously on the European continent and beyond, we must show the world our unwavering determination to defend our own interests.

“Of course, this will start by continuing to expand our support for Ukraine, but it could also be followed by the instigation of unfair tariffs and polite rejection of unfair claims to European territory.

“We did this and we will do this” [continue to] To do.”

He said: “Greenland will want us. We get along very well with Europe; we will see how everything turns out. We are currently negotiating for Greenland.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also called on the USA and Europe to “repair and revive the transatlantic trust together”. He called for a “new trans-Atlantic partnership”, acknowledging that “a division, a deep rift” had begun.

“The culture war of the MAGA movement in the USA is not ours. Freedom of speech ends here when this speech is made against human dignity and the constitution.

“And we believe in free trade, not tariffs and protectionism… In an age of great power competition, even the United States will not be strong enough to go it alone.

“Dear friends, being part of NATO is not only Europe’s competitive advantage. It is also the United States’ competitive advantage, so let’s repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together.”