Trump spotted Macron discussed Putin peace potential with Macron

President Donald Trump was heard in a moment of hot micro by whispering to French President Emmanuel Macron whom he believed that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to conclude a peace agreement “for” the American leader – pointing out that intuition even sounded “crazy” for him.

“I think he (Putin) wants to conclude an agreement. I think he wants to agree for me, do you understand that?” Trump was heard on Macron on Monday before a multilateral meeting with European leaders. “As crazy as it may seem.”

The main European leaders converged the White House on Monday, when Trump held his long -awaited meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the hope of moving a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine in the midst of a war that has raged since the winter of 2022.

Trump met with European leaders following his meeting with Zelenskyy, which included discussions on “security guarantees for Ukraine, which guarantee that the different European countries would be provided by the various European countries, with coordination with the United States of America,” said Trump on Monday of Truth.

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European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, went to the White House on August 18, 2025, for peers during the peace between Ukraine and Russia. (Getty Images)

The European leaders who joined the meeting at the White House on Monday were Macron, the Finnish president Alexander Stubb, the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte.

Macron joined NBC News after his White House meeting and was asked about Trump’s comments.

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“What has crossed your head when he told you that?” Kristen Welker from NBC asked Macron after reading Trump’s exchange with Marcon earlier during the day.

President Donald Trump was heard with French President Emmanuel Macron on his conviction, Russian President Putin wants to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine. (Alexander Drago / Reuters)

Macron celebrated the exchange as proof of Trump’s conviction. The war between Ukraine and Russia will end.

“In the end, if we have an agreement, which is in accordance with this longtime peace and robust, it’s excellent news,” said Marcon during the interview on Monday. “And your president, in fact, is very confident about the ability he has to conclude this agreement. What is good news for all of us, and can break this, I would say, these daily murders.”

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Asked about the Hot-MIC exchange, a White House spokesman told Fox News Digital that Trump was the only world leader to have asked Putin to join the negotiating table for a potential peace agreement when the war raged for more than three years.

“As President Trump said, he has a good relationship with President Putin, and was only able to bring President Putin to the table for a peace agreement,” said the spokesperson. “European leaders recognize that after three years of murder and blocking under the weak Joe Biden, there has been more progress towards peace than ever because of the management of this president.”

Trump joined “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday morning and said that he intended to leave Putin and Zelenskyy to meet in head before going forward with peace negotiations, which could include an exchange agreement.

“They were not exactly the best friends,” Trump said on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump organized a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alongside a handful of European leaders, including French President Macron, at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee / Getty images)

“Maybe they get along a little better than I thought. Otherwise, I would not have organized the two (of them). I would have organized one (trilateral meeting).”

Trump added that negotiations will not include admission Ukraine in NATOBut said that some European nations have agreed to provide NATO -type protections, including security guarantees.

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Trump met Putin in Alaska on Friday, which did not give a peace contract but opened the door to more in -depth peace talks after the promise of the Trump campaign campaign to end the bloody war that started under the mandate of his predecessor.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met President Donald Trump at the White House on August 18, 2025, while the American president seeks to negotiate a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidency / Handout / Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump called Putin following his White House meetings on Monday and set the table for a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy, Trump said in a social article this week.

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“At the end of the meetings, I called President Putin and started the arrangements for a meeting, in a place to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelenskyy,” Trump social on Monday evening from the next stages towards peace. “After this meeting, we will have a trilat, which would be the two presidents, and myself.

Taylor Penny of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.