A toast to "Unbreakable friendship": White House welcomes French President Macron on state visit

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during Monday's welcoming ceremony at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland

 

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Very French greeting: Emmanuel macron leaned in to kiss Donald Trump on the left cheek as the U.S. president greeted him at the White House

President Donald Trump (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron (right) shovel dirt on top of the sapling that the Macrons gifted the American on Monday. The sapling, a European Sessile Oak, comes from the Belleau Woods, which is where more than 9,000 American Marines died in a World War I battle in France one hundred years ago this June.

French first lady Brigitte Macron (right) leans in and grabs President Trump's shovel as he plants a sapling that was a gift from the French

 

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Earlier in the day, the first lady tweeted pictures of herself huddling with her social secretary Rickie Niceta (right) as the two women went over last minute details for Tuesday's state dinner with France

First lady Melania Trump (center) and social secretary Rickie Niceta (right) go over details for Tuesday's state dinner with France

 

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