From white knuckles to open barbs, Trump and Macron bring a rocky history to the G7 summit

The complicated, ever-shifting dynamic between U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will take center stage next week at the G7 summit in the French alpine resort of Evian-les-Bains, as years of growing tensions over key global policy issues threaten to overshadow the gathering of the world’s major advanced economies. What began with a legendary, knuckle-white first handshake nearly a decade ago has devolved into open disagreement, marking a stark reversal of the warm, much-hyped “bromance” that defined the pair’s early interactions.