Despite some embarrassing moments during the official meeting between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron yesterday at the White House—where the French president interrupted and corrected Trump several times, mainly regarding the figures for Ukrainian defense financing—the White House released a very pleasant video highlighting excerpts from Trump’s speech in which he acknowledged French support during the American War of Independence (1775-1783).

At that time, France and England were major adversaries, and the French saw supporting the independence of the American colonies as an excellent way to directly impact their English rival. It was largely thanks to French support that the American revolutionaries won the war, with Trump recognizing and expressing his gratitude for that in his speech.

A nice gesture! https://video.nostr.build/678173697ed88ed90af0f31a43532a3547431fc12987e446c843df409fae6e43.mp4