President Donald Trump and France President Emmanuel Macron shared a lengthy handshake at the White House to discuss Russia's war on Ukraine.

Macron, who has built a cordial rapport with Trump, was the first European leader to visit him since the beginning of his second term on January 20. The French leader’s visit came at a time of growing public tensions between Europe and the US, especially over the continent’s security and over the fate of Ukraine in its war against Russia.