Overview

• Video shows a New York police officer apologizing as Emmanuel Macron is held at a barricade near the U.N. for the U.S. presidential motorcade.
• Macron phoned President Donald Trump from the street, joking, “Guess what, I’m waiting in the street because everything is frozen for you.”
• The French entourage described the exchange as warm and said it allowed them to touch base on several issues, including Gaza and coordination with Qatar.
• With the area later reopened to pedestrians, Macron walked to the French Embassy, greeting bystanders as the footage circulated widely on social media via outlets such as Brut.
• The episode occurred shortly after Macron’s U.N. speech in which he announced France’s recognition of the State of Palestine, and there was no indication of diplomatic fallout from the delay.