Trump's Advice to Macron: ‘Make Sure the Door Remains Closed'
US President Donald Trump said his advice for French President Emmanuel Macron, who has been shown on a video through an open plane door being pushed in the face by his wife, was "make sure the door remains closed."
Asked about the incident by reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he had spoken to Macron in the wake of the video that showed his wife, Brigitte, giving him a shove on their plane.
Macron has shrugged off the incident as a moment of playfulness. "He's fine," Trump said of Macron.
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