PARIS – This is how the bromance started in 2017.

President Donald Trump leaned back in the plush embroidered chair, its creaky groans betraying the weight of his ego. He surveyed the room with the quiet satisfaction of a man who had never truly encountered a door that couldn’t be opened, or a deal that couldn’t be sealed – by whatever means necessary.

Across from him, French President Emmanuel Macron sat poised, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the polished table, his expression of enigmatic calm betrayed little of what danced behind his eyes.

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