Low expectations were defied due to French president’s diplomacy and willingness to appeal to Trump’s liking of gilded interiors

Il G7 a Versailles, l'ultimo salotto dell'Occidente. Molto cerimoniale, sempre meno influenza. Macron tra fasto e opulenza, ma è un simulacro dei summit di un tempo

Expectations from the summit in Évian are low and the goal is to keep the U.S. president involved in conversations on Ukraine and Iran.