WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and his recently sworn-in French counterpart Emmanuel Macron are to hold a "lengthy lunch" in Brussels this month -- a bonding exercise for two men the White House believes have more in common than believed.
Amid deep-seated suspicions that Trump would have preferred Marcon’s far-right rival Marine Le Pen to emerge victorious from last week's election, senior US administration officials told Agence France-Presse that Trump will break bread with Macron on May 25 in Brussels and "compare perspectives."
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