Donald Trump has pushed back against claims made by French President Emmanuel Macron, insisting that his early departure from the G7 summit was unrelated to any ceasefire talks involving Israel and Iran.
Responding on Truth Social after leaving the summit in Canada, Trump wrote, “Macron ‘mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a ‘cease fire’ between Israel and Iran.”
“Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that,” Trump continued in the same post.
Earlier in the day, Macron had claimed that Trump had put forward a ceasefire proposal between the two adversaries. “There is indeed an offer to meet and exchange. An offer was made especially to get a ceasefire and to then kick-start broader discussions,” Macron said to reporters during the G7 gathering.
Trump’s return to Washington from the G7 summit was reportedly connected to ongoing developments in the Middle East, though the exact reason for his early departure has not been clarified beyond his social media statement.
In a pointed remark directed at the French president, Trump accused Macron of chasing attention and added, “Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong.”
