President Donald Trump advised reporters Tuesday that he has not spoken to French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer since his in a single day Truth Social posts.
“No, I haven’t, but I think I get along very well with them,” he advised reporters at the White House, including, “They get a little bit rough when they’re, you know, when I’m not around, but when I’m around they treat me very nicely.”
The president posted concerning the leaders of the United Kingdom and France on social media in a single day. He accused the UK of “stupidity” over its its plan to hand over possession of the Chagos Islands, together with the US air base on Diego Garcia, to Mauritius.
“The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, including that it was “another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired.”
The president additionally posted a textual content message from Macron on his Truth Social web page.
“My friend, we are totally in line on Syria, we can do great things on Iran. I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland,” Macron’s message started, earlier than happening to counsel he may host a gathering of G7 leaders in Paris on Thursday.
Macron gave a thinly veiled critique of Trump’s overseas coverage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, warning of a world “where international law is trampled under foot.”
Later as we speak, Trump heads to Davos, the place he mentioned he will meet with “the various parties” over Greenland.