Trump, Macron Face G7 Test at 80th-Birthday Summit as Tariffs, Ukraine and Iran Split Allies
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Updated · The Boston Globe · Jun 12
Trump, Macron Face G7 Test at 80th-Birthday Summit as Tariffs, Ukraine and Iran Split Allies
3 articles · Updated · The Boston Globe · Jun 12
Summary
Evian-les-Bains will host a closely watched Trump-Macron encounter next week as G7 leaders gather amid open disputes over tariffs, Ukraine and the Iran war.
Those tensions deepened after Trump joined Israel’s February war against Iran without consulting allies, then criticized European governments for refusing to help.
Ukraine is another fault line: Macron has been irritated by waning Trump administration support and has invited Volodymyr Zelenskyy to join Tuesday’s G7 discussions.
Macron, once seen as the European leader best able to manage Trump, has recently condemned his tariffs as “brutal and unfounded” and mocked his shifting NATO signals.
The strain now extends beyond policy to personal friction, even as Macron delayed the summit’s opening by a day to fit Trump’s 80th-birthday White House UFC celebration.