Macron Gives Blunt Takes On Trump And Putin Before Zelenskyy, EU Leaders Visit White House

In Brégançon, France, French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the Russia-Ukraine War.

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00:00Do I think President Putin wants peace?

00:07The answer is no.

00:08If you want my personal conviction, no.

00:11Do I think President Trump wants peace?

00:13Yes.

00:14I don't think President Putin wants peace.

00:16I think he wants Ukraine to surrender.

00:18That's what he proposed.

00:25If we are weak today with Russia, we will be preparing for tomorrow's conflicts, and

00:29they will affect the Ukrainians.

00:31And let's not kid ourselves.

00:33They can also affect us at the very moment when our country continues to be regularly

00:37attacked on the cyber front, on the information front, or in contested areas, from maritime

00:42to space.

00:44So there is no weakness.

00:46Basically, what we are going to say tomorrow, we want peace.

00:50Everyone who is here tomorrow in Washington has been on the side of peace since day one.

00:55But we want a robust peace, a peace that can in no way be a capitulation, a peace that

01:01can in no way be achieved at the expense of the security of Europeans.

01:05Thank you very much.

01:07Thank you very much.

01:08Thank you very much.