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PARIS (AP) \u2014 It may be one of Emmanuel Macron\u2019s last major foreign policy triumphs as France\u2019s leader: luring U.S. President Donald Trump to a historic night in Versailles, where he signed an initial deal<\/span> to end the Iran war.<\/p>\n

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But that wasn\u2019t the only memorable moment Macron<\/span> had this week at a G7 summit where the experience and networks he has built over nearly 10 years as president bore fruit.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most remarkable feat was getting Trump to more forcefully back Ukraine in its war with Russia \u2014 a win for European leaders and for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following his diplomatic disaster<\/span> at the White House in March 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cBravo,\u201d Macron said after Trump signed the Iran war agreement. The signing came as a surprise to most of the officials and other guests at the Versailles Palace dinner, and they responded with a round of applause.<\/p>\n

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Macron had said the dinner was intended as a celebration of French-American friendship<\/span>. The unannounced signing ceremony transformed it into a symbolic finale to Macron\u2019s weeklong effort to get Trump more aligned with Europe<\/span> \u2014 perhaps his last big achievements before the end of his term next spring.<\/p>\n

Macron used Versailles as an \u2018instrument of influence\u2019<\/h2>\n

Macron had presented Versailles as an \u201cinstrument of influence\u201d and suggested the invitation could help keep Trump engaged through the end of the G7 summit held in Evian. Trump left last year\u2019s gathering in Canada before it had concluded.<\/p>\n

The Palace of Versailles, which Trump praised as \u201cnot gold leaf,\u201d has been a venue for French leaders to honor visiting guests for more than three centuries.<\/p>\n

After the signing, Macron praised the Iran agreement as one that \u201callows for putting an end to the conflict, that allows peace, that allows the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz\u201d and will likely result in lower oil prices.<\/p>\n

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Macron, who was not involved in the Iran war negotiations, cannot claim success for Trump deciding to sign the deal. But he secured the historic location, helping to put Europe back into the frame of a war that the U.S. and Israel jointly launched without consulting Western allies.<\/p>\n

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French Economy Minister Roland Lescure, who attended the dinner, described the signing as largely improvised.<\/p>\n

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