PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron faced the potentially uncomfortable position Monday of meeting U.S.
President Donald Trump's top diplomat, having already congratulated President-elect Joe Biden for his election victory.Neither side said much in advance about U.S.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's low-profile visit to Paris, the starting point of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East.Macron's office described Pompeo's planned stop Monday at the presidential Elysee Palace as a “courtesy” visit.
No press conference was scheduled, seemingly ruling out the likelihood of journalists getting to ask Pompeo or Macron about their conflicting visions of the U.S.