'Nobody wants him, he's gonna be out of office soon': Trump reacts to Macron's decision to not join 'Board of Peace'

After the French President Emmanuel Macron said that he would not join the 'Board of Peace', US President Donald Trump said "nobody wants" the French leader either. The American president added that Macron was going to be out of the office "very soon". Board of Peace is an initiative by the US President Donald Trump to "promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict".

"Well, nobody wants him because he's going to be out of office very soon... If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariffs on his wines and champagnes and he'll join," Trump told reporters on Tuesday (Jan 20).

French President Emmanuel Macron, while addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday (Jan 20), said that in order to “fix global imbalances,” Europe needs to be “much stronger and more autonomous.” Without taking any names, Macron said, “We do believe that we need more growth, we need more stability in this world. But we do prefer respect [over] bullies … and we do prefer rule of law [over] brutality. You’re welcome in Europe, and you are more than welcome to France.”

This came amid the ongoing rift between the French president and his American counterpart, Donald Trump, over the Greenland takeover. “More than 60 wars in 2024, an absolute record, even if I understood a few of them were fixed," Macron added in his speech.

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The French president also added that the world should not let those with “bigger voices" decide the global order, warning of a shift towards a “world without rules".

“The world is experiencing a shift towards a world without rules, where international law is trampled underfoot and where the only law that seems to matter is that of the strongest," Macron said.