Macron hosts Trump, ‘fan of ​beautiful places’ at Palace of Versailles

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte hosted US President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles, once the ​opulent residence of Louis XIV, the Sun King, Reuters writes.

Macron and his wife greeted Trump on the steps of the palace, before the three posed for photographs. “It’s beautiful,” Trump said.

The US president earlier said he had accepted Macron’s ​invitation to have dinner at Versailles, near Paris, because he was “a fan of ​beautiful places.”

“Versailles is not gold leaf. Versailles is the real deal,” ⁠Trump said, speaking on Tuesday at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, close to Switzerland.

Trump’s relations with his European counterparts have ​been fraught over the past years, on issues ranging from tariffs to the Iran ​war or Ukraine. But both sides said the G7 summit had gone well․