Emmanuel Macron’s position on a Palestinian state “doesn’t matter,” President Donald Trump said after the French president announced he would recognise the war-torn territory as a state. The US president hit out at Mr Macron saying that although he was a “good guy… it’s not going to change anything”.

US President Donald Trump dismissed French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement that he will recognize a Palestinian state, calling the move reckless and damaging to peace efforts, echoing earlier criticism from Washington.

Donald Trump has dismissed Emmanuel Macron's call to recognise a Palestinian state after the French President declared his country would acknowledge statehood in September. Before the US President stepped onto Air Force One ahead of his four-day visit to Scotland,