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Full interview: French President Macron Discusses White House Summit on War in Ukraine

Aug 19, 2025 | Watch Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker's full exclusive interview with French President Emmanuel Macron after his meeting with President Trump and other European leaders at the White House to discuss the war in Ukraine.


Under no circumstances should Putin be given the opportunity to annex Ukrainian territory. Putin is the aggressor, so he should be punished for his crimes, not be allowed to profit from them.

If Putin gets the sense that he has gained from his invasion, in a short time, he will be invading another country. That man will stop at nothing.

I said at the very start that he should be stopped, but the international community was lacking the courage to do anything meaningful about his illegal invasion.

Trump’s idea of a land swap is absurd. That is the way of the appeaser. If the international community goes along with that crazy and unfair idea, Putin will learn that he can get away with his heinous crimes. — © Mark Alexander