President Donald Trump posted text messages from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Stipe Majic/Anadolu via Getty Images; Eric Beracassat/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Macron offered to set up a G7 meeting in Paris after the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and have dinner with Trump before he heads back to the White House.
A White House official told Fox News that Trump has no plans to travel to Paris at this time.
Rutte said he was "committed to finding a way forward on Greenland" amid the commander in chief’s threats to annex the Arctic territory, while Macron wrote that he did not understand Trump’s approach.
Both messages addressed Trump warmly, opening with "my friend" and "dear Donald."
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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026. (Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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"What I’ll do is if they feel like hostile, I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes and he'll join," Trump said. "But, he doesn’t have to join."
Fox News’ Patrick Ward contributed to this report.
Ashley Carnahan is a writer at Fox News Digital.
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