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What is France hoping for by inviting Trump to have dinner in Versailles?

What is France hoping for by inviting Trump to have dinner in Versailles?
France 24 Wednesday 17 June 2026, 14:06 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. What is France hoping for by inviting Trump to have dinner in Versailles? Europe Issued on: Share Following the G7 meeting in Evian les Bains, US President Donald Trump is headed to the Versailles castle, where he will be welcomed as an honoured guest. French President Emmanuel Macron chose the venue for a dinner between the two world leaders, as he hopes to patch up relations with the American President. The dinner was proposed by Macron to celebrate the US's 250th Anniversary.
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