Macron warns Trump to be careful with Russia-Ukraine negotiations, says truce is feasible in the next few weeks

French President Emmanuel Macron revealed Monday that he warned President Trump to “be careful” as he handles negotiations to end Russia’s war on Ukraine – while noting it’s “feasible” a truce could be reached within weeks. “We want peace and I think the initiative of President Trump is a very positive one.But my message was to say, ‘Be careful,’ because we need something substantial for Ukraine … for the security of Europe and France,” Macron told Fox News “Special Report” host Bret Baier shortly after a meeting with Trump at the White House. The French president said he encouraged his US counterpart during their “very strategic and decisive” meeting to “work together” with France and other European nations on how to “preserve security guarantees.” Macron also stressed to Trump that all involved nations must “be sure that this peace will be respected by Russia” — one of his biggest fears as negotiations led by the Trump administration ramp up to end the brutal, three-year-long war. “In 2014, we had a cease-fire with Russia and I can tell you by experience – because I was in charge with Germany to follow up the cease-fire –  It was violated every time by Russia.

And we didn’t react,” Macron said of the truce signed after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army invaded and annexed Crimea in 2014. Macron, 47, argued that it was a “lack of credibility on collective deterrence” after the 2014 peace deal that led to Putin’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. “I think it’s feasible to have a truce, at least, and start negotiating for a sustainable peace,” the French president continued.“But we need something substantial for Ukraine, for the Europeans and their security for the US and its credibility.”Macron called on the US to be the “backstop” in the event that European troops are sent into Ukraine to act as peacekeepers and are attacked by Russian forces, which he described as a conce...