In April this year, French President Macron visited the United States and "showed off his affection" with U.S. President Trump, but the intimacy on the stage at that time could no longer conceal the differences between the two.

On May 31, before the United States imposed steel and aluminum tariffs on the EU, Macron had a phone call with Trump. The call was described by one US source as "terrible, terrible".

On the 5th, at a joint press conference between Macron and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, when asked about this "terrible" phone call, Macron described it as like sausage : It's better not to know what's inside.

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According to reports, Macron quoted a famous saying of Bismarck, a 19th-century Prussian politician, to show that he did not want to make any difference between himself and Trump or others. Commentary on leaders’ talks.

Macron told reporters, "As Bismarck said, if we explain to people how the sausage is made, they are less likely to continue eating it."

"So people like to see finished food, and I don't think comments about the kitchen help people eat that food." Just a day before Macron's remarks, the United States quoted two sources as saying , saying that on May 31, during a phone call between Macron and Trump on tariffs and immigration issues, Macron criticized Trump’s relevant policies, and the call became “deteriorated”.

One of the sources described it as "terrible, terrible". Macron thought his relationship with Trump was enough for him to speak his mind, but Trump simply couldn't accept that. criticism.

CNN said that before that call, the French presidential palace issued a statement in which Macron said he "regrets the United States' decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum." Calling this decision not only "illegal," Or "a mistake on many fronts."

Macron said in the statement: "I prefer to speak out rather than through the media. I will tell him (Trump) what I said to you, and he knows what I believe."< /p>

At the press conference on the 5th, Macron used sausages to describe the phone call on the 31st, which seemed to imply that the conversation between him and Trump was not pleasant, but on the other hand, it also showed that he did not He is unwilling to disclose all the contents of his communications with leaders of other countries.

Macron said he was "shocked" by his predecessor Hollande's frequent off-the-record comments to reporters. Since being elected last year, he has distanced himself from the media and barred aides from speaking out during his term.

On the same day, Macron also stated: "You can ask those who made comments, but in Paris, we will not comment on their performance, hot or cold, warm or terrible, we will only take practical actions ”

He also said that at the G7 summit in Canada from the 7th to the 8th, he will have a “useful” and “candid” exchange with Trump to discuss whether the two sides have agreed or disagreed. problem.