The drama at UN headquarters better reflected the gaping new transatlantic rift than the scenes in the White House as Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron clasped hands and ladled out mutual flattery.

President Trump and French President Macron held a joint press conference on the three year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Puck Founding Partner and Washington Correspondent Julia Ioffe and NBC News Correspondents Vaughn Hillyard and Raf Sanchez join Katy Tur to react to the press conference and the potential impact on U.

In an interview with Fox News, French President Emmanuel Macron suggested a truce between Ukraine and Russia could come in weeks, supported by a French and U.K. peacekeeping force.

Trump sat down for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House shortly after noon as a Europe-led two-pronged approach to salvage support for Ukraine played out on both sides of the Atlantic.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how French President Macron humiliated Donald Trump after the United States, for the first time in history, “voted with the dictator against freedom” when it stood with Vladimir Putin in opposing a UN resolution condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States is close to a minerals deal with Ukraine as he and French President Emmanuel Macron held talks that covered the prospects for ending the Ukraine war amid stark differences on how to proceed.

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the White House for talks with President Trump. The two will appear for a joint press conference around 2:00 pm.

Sitting beside the French president, Mr Trump pointedly declined to call Vladimir Putin a dictator, saying “I don’t use those words lightly.” Mr Macron seemed cautiously upbeat about his visit to the White House.

Palestinians say they will not leave Gaza after US President Donald Trump proposed a US takeover of the region. Since taking office, Donald Trump has talked about what he would like to see happen in Gaza but said there are “no guarantees” that a ceasefire will stand.

Watch live coverage as President Trump and President Macron of France hold a joint press conference at the White House.

Macron's careful handling of Trump was on full display in an unusual press conference, as the French President gently corrected Trump more than once.