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Trump to honour Macron, his unlikely French friend

President Donald Trump (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) have forged a friendship that has been one of the few stable elements in recent American foreign policy. (File, AFP)

They talk regularly, have shared memorable handshakes and supposedly have an "unbreakable" friendship. When US President Donald Trump and France's Emmanuel Macron meet next week, there will be more back-slapping -- but also major differences.

The Trump-Macron relationship has been one of the few stable elements in recent American foreign policy, with the French leader emerging as the privileged European partner for the White House.

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