A photo of President Donald Trump showing the French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky his MAGA gift shop has gone viral

President Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic telling French President Emmanuel Macron that Vladimir Putin “wants to make a deal for me.”

European leaders arrived at the White House on Monday not to be met by President Donald Trump, but by the former Fox News host Monica Crowley—a snub the Trump administration is now proudly promoting.

After a meeting at the White House on Monday, the French president said that if there is no progress in talks, Russia should be hit with more sanctions.

I think he [Russian President Vladimir Putin] wants to make a deal,” Trump whispered to French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room.

It is quite possible that Monday's meeting in the White House could prove even more crucial to the future of Ukraine - and for all of Europe's security - than last Friday's US-Russia summit in Alaska. On the surface, that Putin-Trump reunion seemed to live down to every expectation.

French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will join Ukrainian President Zelenskyy during the meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington.

Emmanuel Macron has said he doesn’t believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is “very willing to get peace” in Ukraine. The French President revealed his scepticism in an interview with NBC News on Monday, after high-stakes talks were held at the White House.