Relations between Europe and the US are unquestionably in crisis, so merely keeping things together as French President Emmanuel Macron did at the White House on Monday stands as an achievement.He did that by praising,

French President Emmanuel Macron was prepared to present a unified case for Europe when he arrived at the Oval Office on Monday, at a moment when transatlantic ties have rapidly deteriorated.

The French president was the first leader to meet with Trump since the American president referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a 'dictator' and suggested that Kyiv had 'started' its war with Russia.