Trump says Macron helped settle ‘seven wars’ at UNGA, calls Ukraine-Russia conflict his ‘biggest disappointment’

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Emmanuel Macron assisted him in resolving a couple of wars. During a meeting with the French President on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) summit in New York, Trump stated, “Emmanuel has actually helped me with a couple of the wars. We settled seven wars.” Meanwhile, he expressed his disappointment regarding the Ukraine-Russia war.

“The biggest disappointment, but I think that’ll happen eventually, is the Ukraine and Russia situation. I thought that would be the easiest one because of my relationship with Putin. But unfortunately, that relationship didn’t mean anything,” Trump said.

#WATCH | New York | US President Donald Trump says, "Emmanuel has actually helped me with a couple of the wars. We settled seven wars. The biggest disappointment, but I think that'll happen eventually, is the Ukraine and Russia situation. I thought that would be the easiest one… pic.twitter.com/AE8UkN22cA

— ANI (@ANI) September 23, 2025

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Meanwhile, Macron, while speaking to France’s BFM TV from New York, said that if US President Donald Trump aspires to win the Nobel Peace Prize, he must work to end the Israel-Palestine conflict. He noted that Trump holds the authority to press Israel to end the ongoing war.

“There is one person who can do something about it, and that is the US president. And the reason he can do more than us is because we do not supply weapons that allow the war in Gaza to be waged. We do not supply equipment that allows war to be waged in Gaza. The United States of America does,” the French President said.

On Trump’s speech, where the US president said he wants to broker peace in Gaza, Macron said, “I see an American president who is involved, who reiterated this morning from the podium: ‘I want peace. I have resolved seven conflicts. I want the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize is only possible if you stop this conflict.”

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