Monday, June 15th 2026 - 15:38 UTC
Trump arrived in Évian from Geneva airport, where he landed in the early afternoon. At the Hôtel Royal in the spa town, the French leader was not waiting for him on the red carpet
French President Emmanuel Macron skipped the planned program on Monday and did not personally receive his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on his arrival at the G7 summit in Évian, in the French Alps. The provisional agenda for the meeting had Trump as the only leader to be personally received by the host.
Trump arrived in Évian from Geneva airport, where he landed in the early afternoon. At the Hôtel Royal in the spa town, the French leader was not waiting for him on the red carpet at the main entrance. At the moment the US president was due to arrive, the Élysée announced that Macron was holding a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The pre-summit agenda nonetheless includes a bilateral meeting between the two. Trump is accompanied, according to the White House, by Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick; and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer; the first lady, Melania Trump, did not travel to Europe.
