Picturing the visit of Emmanuel Macron in Washington. The French president and his wife Brigitte opened their pomp-filled three-day state visit with a double date with Donald and Melania Trump at George Washington’s house.
From soldiers who hold a rolled-up red carpet by a set of stairs before the Macrons’ arrival at Andrews air force base in Maryland to the Trumps and Macrons who land back at the White House on Monday night, these photos will give a clue about this visit.
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Soldiers hold a rolled-up red carpet by a set of stairs before the Macrons’ arrival at Andrews air force base in Maryland.
Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
The Macrons are greeted after touching down in Maryland.
Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
The French president gives a Trump-style thumbs-up during a photo op at the White House.
Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
Donald Trump responds with a thumbs-up of his own. In public, both countries are keen to emphasise their historic relationship – recalling that France was the first ally of American revolutionaries fighting for independence.
Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP
Emmanuel Macron embraces Melania Trump after getting the full red carpet treatment – payback for wooing the Trumps with military parades and a dazzling Eiffel Tower dinner in Paris last July.
Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
The couples deep in conversation in the White House grounds.
Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
The Trumps and their guests stride across the south lawn. Trump is deeply unpopular in France and Macron, like other world leaders, is under growing pressure to show voters the benefits of his courtship.
Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP
Trump and Macron shovel dirt on to a freshly planted oak sapling that Macron brought with him as a symbol of friendship.
Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters
Onlookers capture the moment that the Marine One helicopter takes off from the White House.
Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP
The two couples prepare to have their picture taken at the estate of the first US president, George Washington, in Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
The two couples pose for photographers.
Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP
Trump acknowledges the cameras on a tour of Mount Vernon.
Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
A thumbs-up from both leaders outside the Mount Vernon mansion. Macron is under pressure to persuade Trump to waive trade restrictions on European steel and aluminium and save the Iran nuclear deal.
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Marine One takes off from Mount Vernon. On a personal level, despite sharp differences in political background, age and lifestyle, the presidents seem to have struck up a bond as fellow outsiders who outwitted the establishment to gain power.
Photograph: Andrew Harrier/EPA
The Trumps and Macrons land back at the White House on Monday night. On Tuesday they will have a sit-down meeting followed by a joint news conference. On Wednesday, the centrist leader will demonstrate his English-language skills – a rarity for a French president – in an address to a joint session of Congress.
Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA