Donald Trump “did not like” being called out by Emmanuel Macron during a high-stakes call with European leaders, ahead of his bilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin.

The French president took “very tough positions,” and reportedly told Trump Wednesday that a meeting was “a very big thing” to give Putin, sources familiar with the call told _Axios_.

"Trump didn't like that,” the source added.

The U.S. president is set to meet with his authoritarian Russian counterpart on Friday in Alaska, the first time Putin has set foot on American soil since 2015. The pair will discuss bringing about an end to the Russian war in Ukraine, which has raged since February 2022.

[The French president took ‘very tough positions,’ and reportedly told Trump Wednesday that a meeting was ‘a very big thing’ to gi

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