France's Macron defends Europe from all sides — including US
PARIS (AP) — After French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe needs to defend itself from the United States, aides said he was misunderstood.
But the idea isn't so far-fetched.
Macron is leading a rearguard action to salvage the system of international cooperation the U.S. helped build, but which President Donald Trump has chipped away at since taking office.
While Trump came all the way to Paris for commemorations marking 100 years since the armistice that ended World War I, he's skipping an international peace forum that Macron is launching Sunday.
The forum is part of Macron's efforts to defend the idea that nations need to work together instead of at each other's expense.