earlier this nicolas sarkozy.lier this afternoon, mr trump and mr macron had met the french president, greeted the us president, greeted the us president elect on the steps of the elysee palace and the pair shook hands and posed for pictures shortly after they met with volodymyr zelenskyy, the ukrainian president, for trilateral talks. mr zelenskyy said he had a good and productive meeting with the pair , productive meeting with the pair, while mr trump and mr macron addressed reporters earlier this afternoon. here's what the us president elect had to say . president elect had to say. >> a great honour and we had a great relationship. as everyone knows, we accomplished a lot together and the people of france are spectacular. i guess it's one of our largest groups in the united states. french people, and we respect them and we love them. very talented people , extremely energetic people, extremely energetic people, extremely energetic people, as you know very well . people, as you know very well. >> yeah. >> yeah.

including italian prime minister giorgia meloni and former french presidents francois hollande and nicolas sarkozyrlier this afternoon, mr trump and mr macron had met the french president, greeted the us president, greeted the us president elect on the steps of the elysee palace , and the pair the elysee palace, and the pair shook hands and posed for pictures shortly after they met with volodymyr zelenskyy, the ukrainian president, for trilateral talks. mr zelenskyy said he had good and a good and productive meeting with the pair, while mr trump and mr macron addressed reporters this afternoon. here's what the us president elect had to say. it's a great honour and we had a great relationship as everyone knows, we accomplished a lot together and the people of france are spectacular. >> i guess it's one of our largest groups in the united states. french people and we respect them and we love them. very talented people, extremely energetic people, as you know, very well. and it's an honour to be here. and we had a good time together and we had a lot of a lot of success, really great success working t