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The messages show Emmanuel Macron offering to set up a G7 meeting in Paris this week. (Yoan Valat/Pool via Reuters)
Donald Trump has posted messages from Emmanuel Macron offering to set up a G7 meeting later this week after a global economic forum.
In the messages, the French president also states he "does not understand" what the US president is "doing on Greenland".
Global leaders, including Mr Trump, will attend the annual World Economic Forum this week, held in Davos, Switzerland.
US President Donald Trump has shared a private message purportedly from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron ahead of a global economic forum in Davos, Switzerland.
In the message, posted as a screenshot to Truth Social, Mr Macron told Mr Trump he could set up a G7 meeting in Paris on Thursday afternoon and that he did not understand what the US president was "doing on Greenland".
Donald Trump's social media post. (Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump)
According to the messages, Mr Macron told the US president that he could invite "the Ukrainians, the Danish, the Syrians and the Russians" to participate on the margins of the meeting.
Mr Macron also invited Mr Trump to have dinner with him in Paris on Thursday.
Mr Trump's replies, if any, were not part of the screenshot that he posted.
The White House and Mr Macron's office did not respond to Reuters' request for comment.
A source close to Mr Macron said that the text message shared by Mr Trump was authentic.
Mr Macron, addressing Mr Trump as his "friend" in the messages, said he was "totally in line" with Trump on Syria, and that they could do "great things on Iran".
Mr Trump's post comes after EU leaders decided over the weekend to ⁠convene in Brussels on Thursday evening for an emergency summit following the US leader's threats to impose new tariffs on goods from several European countries over his demand to acquire Greenland.
Mr Macron has called Mr Trump's threat of tariffs over Greenland unacceptable.
The Truth Social post ‌appeared hours after the US president said he would impose a 200 per cent tariff on French wines and champagnes, a move he said would push Mr Macron to join his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts.
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It was not immediately clear when the messages from Mr Macron ‍to Mr Trump were sent.
Mr Macron ⁠was scheduled to arrive at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday morning, local time, and return to Paris that evening, Elysee aides said on Monday.
They added there were no plans to extend his stay to Wednesday, when Mr Trump arrives ‌in the Swiss town.
In another Truth Social post on Tuesday, Mr Trump said Britain's deal to cede sovereignty of the island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was an "act of total weakness," adding that it was "another in a very long line of national security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired".
After years of negotiations, the UK is giving up its sovereignty over a cluster of strategically important Indian Ocean islands.
The island of Diego Garcia houses a strategically important US–UK air base in the Indian Ocean.
Britain and Mauritius last year struck a deal to pass on the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while allowing Britain to retain control of the air base under a long-term lease.
The deal had previously been supported by the US administration, which said when it was signed in May that it "welcomed" the agreement and commended efforts to secure the long-term operation of the joint military base.
"Shockingly, our 'brilliant' NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER," Mr Trump wrote.
Mr Trump said there was no doubt that "China and Russia have noticed this act" by Britain.
In another Truth Social post, Mr Trump said he had a "very good" telephone call with NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte concerning Greenland.
Mr Trump said he had agreed to a meeting of various parties in Davos at the global economic forum, without specifying who the various parties were.
"As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for National and World Security," Mr Trump wrote online.
Donald Trump says the US would talk about acquiring Greenland at this week's World Economic Forum. (Foreign Correspondent: Greg Nelson ACS)
Mr Trump had earlier told reporters the US would talk about acquiring Greenland at the economic forum because Denmark cannot protect the territory.
The annual economic forum is being held this week in the Swiss alpine resort of Davos.
The five-day event will see several world leaders converge, including Mr Trump and Mr Macron, as well as EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Mr Trump is expected to deliver a speech, and will travel with several top advisers, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff.
The US president also wants to hold a meeting of his "Board of Peace" on Gaza, according to reports.
China has confirmed it has been asked to join Mr Trump's Board of Peace, an invitation that Washington had extended to dozens of countries in his bid to launch a global initiative aimed at resolving conflicts.
There are signs Donald Trump's bold strategy to artificially lower interest rates could backfire, as a level of disquiet emerges on money markets, particularly in bonds.
But Beijing, which recently struck a delicate trade truce with Washington, stopped short of saying whether it would accept or decline the invitation.
Governments from around the world have so far reacted cautiously to Mr Trump's invitation to join the initiative, which diplomats say could undermine the United Nations.
The initiative would kick off by addressing the Gaza conflict and then be expanded to deal with other situations.
The initiative's board would be chaired for life by Mr Trump.
Member states would be limited to three-year terms unless they paid $US1 billion ($1.48 billion) each.
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