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Melania Trump played an active role in every detail of the visit, said White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

The French president's White House day will be capped Tuesday night with a state dinner, the highest social tribute a president bestows on an ally and partner. There's also a State Department lunch hosted by Vice President Mike Pence. The state visit also offers Macron his first Oval Office sit-down with Trump and a joint White House news conference. Macron will be welcomed back to the White House on Tuesday with a traditional arrival ceremony featuring nearly 500 members of the U.S. Macron and his wife also took Trump and America's first lady on a tour of Napoleon's tomb and whisked them up in the Eiffel Tower for dinner overlooking the City of Light. He was Macron's guest last July at the annual Bastille Day military parade in the center of Paris. He ended his first year in office without receiving a foreign leader on a state visit, the first president in nearly 100 years to fail to do so. Trump declared the dinner "really fantastic" before returning to the White House. The couples were led on a brief outdoor tour before they entered the pale yellow building for dinner of Dover sole, pasta stuffed with lemon ricotta, and chocolate souffle and cherry vanilla ice cream. Marine Corps lore.Īfter Trump's helicopter landed at Mount Vernon, the two presidents, each holding his wife's hand, walked a short distance and posed for pictures before they boarded golf carts that ferried them to the front door of Washington's plantation house. It sprouted at a World War I site in France, the Battle of Belleau Wood, that became part of U.S. The young oak is an environmentally friendly gift to the White House from Macron, and one that also bears historical significance. president's home along the Potomac River. The Trumps and Macrons helped plant a tree on the White House grounds together before boarding Trump's Marine One helicopter for a scenic tour of monuments built in the capital city designed by French-born Pierre L'Enfant as they flew south to Mount Vernon, the first U.S. sticking with the deal on the grounds that there is not yet a "Plan B." Macron says he is not satisfied with the situation in Iran and thinks the agreement is imperfect, but he has argued for the U.S. Trump, skeptical of the pact's effectiveness, has been eager to pull out as a May 12 deadline nears. Trump, who attaches great importance to the optics of pageantry and ceremony, chose to honor Macron with the first state visit of his administration as he woos the French president.įor all their camaraderie, Macron and Trump disagree on some fundamental issues, including the multinational nuclear deal, which is aimed at restricting Iran's development of nuclear weapons. Macron's pomp-filled three-day state visit to Washington underscores the importance that both sides attach to the relationship: Macron, who calls Trump often, has emerged as something of a "Trump whisperer" at a time when the American president's relationships with other European leaders are more strained. "This is a great honor and I think a very important state visit given the moment of our current environment," Macron said Monday after his plane landed at a U.S. The presidents and their spouses hopped on a helicopter bound for Mount Vernon, Washington's historic riverside home, for a private dinner one night before the leaders sit down for talks on a weighty agenda including security, trade and the Iran nuclear deal.

This week he became the first US president to be impeached twice for allegedly inciting that mob.Monday night was more relaxed, featuring a helicopter tour of Washington landmarks and a trip to the Potomac River home of George Washington with their wives for dinner.

Trump will leave office exactly two weeks after his supporters stormed the Capitol and interrupted certification of Biden’s win. The plane won’t have the special call sign if it departs after noon, when Trump’s term expires. Trump will then board a plane usually identified as Air Force One for a trip to Palm Beach, Fla. Trump is reviewing plans for an event at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland that resembles a state visit, with supporters, a red carpet, color guard, military band and 21-gun salute all being discussed, The Associated Press reports. President Trump is planning to host a lavish goodbye ceremony next week on the day of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to a report Friday. Hunter Biden had unlikely friendship with GOP megadonor, Trump team memberĭonald Trump postpones Arizona rally ‘out of love and respect’ after Ivana’s deathĭeSantis’ Disney hit hurts taxpayers and other commentary