US EditionMacron calls Trump over blocked NYC streets, walks 30 minutes through city
- On September 22, 2025, while in New York, Emmanuel Macron encountered a temporary street blockage by local police to allow President Donald Trump's motorcade to pass.
- Macron encountered the roadblock while returning to the French Embassy after delivering a speech at the 80th UN General Assembly, and police explained the closure was for Trump's convoy.
- After exiting his car and questioning officers, Macron reportedly called Trump directly from the street, jokingly asking him to 'clear the road' while a video of the encounter went viral.
- Macron remarked that he was stuck on the road due to widespread closures, while a police officer apologized, explaining that the area was completely blocked, underscoring the traffic standstill.
- The incident illustrated the challenges of high-level diplomacy in a busy city and coincided with France's formal recognition of Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly earlier that day.
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Macron forced to walk to embassy after Trump motorcade refuses to stop for him
The hilarious video shows French President Emmanuel Macron pleading with NYPD officers to let him through the passing Trump motorcade, which the president flatly refused, even after a direct phone call. LMAO! In NYC for the UN, police halted French President Macron’s motorcade for President Trump… …Macron calls Trump and it appears he was just told to walk, because he just starts walking multiple blocks 47 is way more important, Macron pic.twit…
Phone calls between world leaders normally follow a strict protocol, but President Trump changed that. He prefers his colleagues to call him directly – with all the attendant risks.
’Guess what!’: Macron phones Trump after blocked by convoy
"How are you? Guess what!' It was not the most usual beginning to a telephone call between two heads of state but neither were the circumstances. In New York for the UN General Assembly and rushing to a meeting from UN headquarters, French President Emmanuel Macron was to his astonishment told to go no further by police as the street was blocked by the convoy of US President Donald Trump. So he reached for his phone. "I'm waiting in the street b…
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