There was a mutual kiss on the cheek in the East Room, where Mr. Macron clasped hands with Mr. Trump, pulling him in for an embrace and a brief peck as Mr. Trump puckered his lips slightly to reciprocate. “I like him a lot,” Mr. Trump explained to reporters and officials looking on. “We have to make him perfect,” Mr. Trump, 71, said of the trimmer Mr. Macron, 40. “He is perfect.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMoments later, as they sat side by side, Mr. Macron placed his hand on Mr. Trump’s knee. For all of the disagreements and differences of opinions that the presidents hashed out privately on Tuesday — none more prominent than whether to keep or scrap the nuclear deal with Iran — Mr. Trump and Mr. Macron seemed to revel in each other’s presence, pouring on the charm.

Source: New York Times April 24, 2018 22:54 UTC