Macron welcomes Trump to Paris with presidential pomp, joined by Zelenskyy

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a thumbs up as he is flanked by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump after a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Dec. 7, 2024. FILE - Then-U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron watch the traditional Bastille Day military parade, including military jet flyovers, on the Champs Elysees in Paris on July 14, 2017.

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full a dose of presidential pomp, and they held an impromptu meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymr Zelenskyy on a day that mixed pageantry with attention to pressing global problems.