President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday France preferred "respect to bullies" and rejected "unacceptable" tariffs, following US President Donald Trump's threat to impose levies on countries opposing his plans to seize Greenland.

Here, verbatim, are text messages that U.S. President Donald Trump received from French President Emmanuel Macron and the head of NATO, Mark Rutte, and which he published on Tuesday: “From président Macron to President Trump My friend,

“I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland,” the French President said, according to the screenshot.

French President Emmanuel Macron appeared with a puffy, red eye during his speech at the military base in Istres, in southern France. He earlier wore sunglasses during an outdoor troop inspection.

French President Emmanuel Macron praised the U.S. removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, but called for Maduro’s opponent in Venezuela’s disputed 2024 presidential election to “swiftly ensure” a peaceful and democratic transition.

France ⁠rejected as "fake news" on Wednesday President Donald Trump 's assertion that he had pressured President Emmanuel Macron into hiking domestic drug prices ‍after the U.S. leader threatened ‍sweeping tariffs on French ‍imports to the United States.

For years, Emmanuel Macron has used friendship to temper President Trump’s most impulsive moves. It’s unclear whether that can still work.