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The comments were an apparent jab at the US leader's sometimes contradictory stance on the US and Israeli war against Iran.
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"This is not a show. We are talking about war and peace and the lives of men and women," the French president told journalists upon arrival in South Korea for a state visit.
"When you want to be serious you don't say every day the opposite of what you said the day before," Macron added.
"And maybe you shouldn't be speaking every day. You should just let things quieten down."
Macron was answering questions on the US-Israel war in Iran, which has now entered its second month. France and other European countries have supported some of the US operations in the region, but have so far resisted getting dragged into the war.
Trump and his administration have so far offered mixed messages on the conflict, at various times suggesting that a ceasefire was near, that the war had already been won or that the US was going to fight on.
Macron also addressed Trump's recent comments in which the American president said he was reconsidering US membership of Nato.
"Alliances like Nato are valuable because of what is unspoken – meaning the trust behind them," Macron said, arguing that casting doubt on one's commitment to the organisation emptied it of its substance.
Partners sign agreements and show up if issues arise, Macron added, "rather that commenting on them every day to say that you will or will not respect them."
"I feel like there is too much chatter, it's all over the place," he said.
He added he was unwilling to comment on an operation that the Americans and the Israelis "decided on by themselves," Macron said. "They then lament that they are alone in an operation they decided on alone. It's not our operation."
Macron also mentioned the US strikes on Iran in June 2025, which Trump said had "obliterated" Iranian nuclear
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