French President Emmanuel Macron warned against military action targeting Iran that could lead to regime change and potential chaos.
Macron made the remarks at a G7 summit in Canada, shortly after US President Donald Trump said the United States would not target Iran’s supreme leader “for now.”
Speaking to reporters, Macron said Trump appeared to have shifted his stance since meeting G7 leaders on Monday, where he had seemingly advocated for a ceasefire.
“We don’t want Iran to get a nuclear weapon,” Macron said. “But the biggest error would be to use military strikes to change the regime because it would then be chaos.”
However, Macron acknowledged that Trump has a critical role in restarting diplomacy with Tehran and believes the U.S. president favors a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
“I believe we need the United States of America to bring everyone back around the table,” Macron told reporters.
Earlier on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump dismissed French President Emmanuel Macron’s claim that he was returning to Washington to work on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, calling Macron’s characterization of his departure “wrong.”
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump criticized Macron, stating: “Publicity-seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to DC to work on a ‘ceasefire’ between Israel and Iran. Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a ceasefire. Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay tuned!”
