He claimed that he got the information from US intelligence sources
Trump claims he knows a lot about the smallest details of the French leader and his wife's life
Trump and Macron are friends separated by politics.
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Former US President Donald Trump has repeatedly bragged that he knows minute details about the private life of France's first lady, Brigitte Macron, a report claims days after the FBI seized a dossier on French President Emmanuel Macron from Trump's home.
And the Rolling Stone newspaper reported that Trump boasted to his aides in the White House that he knew the most accurate secrets of the French leader, and went even further, when he claimed that he had obtained this information from American intelligence sources.
The article stated that the former president was obsessed with the personal lives of his French counterpart, aged 44, and his 69-year-old wife.
FBI agents have searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort and removed dozens of classified documents stored on the property in Florida.
The raid, which exposed national security material, US spies and "secret human sources", left Trump facing a criminal investigation for obstruction of justice and possible breach of the Espionage Act.
Among the group of highly classified files taken by the FBI, one of the most surprising was the classified file entitled "Information: The President of France", which caused concern in Paris and Washington, and led to questions about what information Trump had about the French leader, and why Trump transferred this file to Florida when he left the White House last year.
It is now clear that Macron's personal life has long been the subject of Trump's close attention.
Rolling Stone reported that Trump was pleased to hint at Macron's alleged recklessness, telling White House officials that "a lot of people don't know" the secrets of the Elysee Palace.
Sources say the former US president often digs up details of Macron's habits, and that those with whom Trump exchanged gossip were not sure if this was true.
It is not known whether the file taken from the resort by the FBI is related to Macron's personal life.
However, French and US officials were quick to find out what information Trump had, and whether it was classified or just memories of his presidency.
Trump's relationship with Macron was strained during his time in office, although he initially praised his French counterpart, calling him "my friend." When Macron visited the White House in 2018, he told reporters he "loved him very much." Relations soured During the last two years of Trump's presidency.
Tensions broke out into the open at a meeting of NATO leaders in London in 2019, where Trump and Macron clashed over the alliance's future.
Macron responded to Trump by saying, "Let's be serious," when Trump joked that ISIS fighters should be sent to France.
Trump was heard criticizing Macron at a meeting of UN ambassadors.
In an interview with The Economist later that year, the French president lamented that the United States was "turning its back" on its European allies, and said the failure of American leadership was "brain death for (NATO)."
Translation: Awad Khairy for "The Times of London"
Macron responded to Trump by saying, "Let's be serious," when Trump joked that ISIS fighters should be sent to France.
Trump was heard criticizing Macron at a meeting of UN ambassadors.
In an interview with The Economist later that year, the French president lamented that the United States was "turning its back" on its European allies, and said the failure of American leadership was "brain death for (NATO)."
Translation: Awad Khairy for "The Times of London"
Macron responded to Trump by saying, "Let's be serious," when Trump joked that ISIS fighters should be sent to France.
Trump was heard criticizing Macron at a meeting of UN ambassadors.
In an interview with The Economist later that year, the French president lamented that the United States was "turning its back" on its European allies, and said the failure of American leadership was "brain death for (NATO)."
Translation: Awad Khairy for "The Times of London"
Among the collection of highly classified files taken by the FBI, one of the most surprising was the classified file entitled "Information: President of France".
French and US officials were quick to find out what information Trump had, and whether it was classified or just memories of his presidency.
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