Donald Trump warned on Thursday Emmanuel Macron, ensuring that "nobody", "except the United States themselves", was allowed to speak to Iran on behalf of Washington.
"I know that Emmanuel wants to do well, like everyone else, but no one speaks for the United States other than the United States themselves," the US president tweeted as tensions between Washington and Tehran were exacerbated. .
Conflicting Appeals
"Iran has serious financial problems, they desperately want to talk to the United States, but they receive conflicting messages from all those who claim to represent us, including French President Macron," said Donald Trump.
While increasing hardening diplomatic, economic and military pressure on Tehran, the Republican billionaire has increased calls for dialogue, including during the current escalation of tensions in the Gulf. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he was recently invited to meet with President Trump at the White House, which he said he refused.
Emmanuel Macron, who still defends the Iranian nuclear deal of 2015, which Donald Trump has withdrawn from the United States, regularly talks with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rohani, and does not hide his hope of mediating the crisis. course. But so far Iran has repeated that it will not negotiate with Washington under the pressure of US sanctions.