French President Emmanuel Macron is flying to Washington on Monday to make the U.S. President Donald Trump maintain strong opposition toward Russian President Vladimir Putin [photo]. Macron says a perceived weakness in Moscow will lose global credibility, especially around China and Iran.
Macron said that firmness should be the key when it comes to diplomatic olive branches in an Unsplash Q&A session on Thursday. “Trump I know. I understand him, and I think he understands me.
However — I will tell him. Weakness in the face of Putin is neither in his nature, nor his interests. 
As concerns from Macron on Thursday ring about how we don’t know what Trump is going to do with a Russian invasion in Ukraine that went on longer than two and a half weeks Macron is said to lay out Europe’s security commitments on Ukraine with Trump that will send a message: The West needs to be one voice.
Macron also warned that a coward or submissive position on Russia would prepare the way for China on Taiwan and Iran nuclear ambitions Macron was insistent. “You cannot be credible with China when you are not credible with Putin,” he said.
With growing diplomatic efforts underway, the attention will soon turn to the Washington stratecon summits who will have to decide exactly what kind of Western strategy to employ against Russian aggression.
