Macron Urges Trump to Take Firmer Line With Putin Over Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron believes the US is open to ramping up sanctions against Russia after he urged Donald Trump last week to get tougher with Vladimir Putin, he said in a Paris Match interview released on Monday.

Macron and Trump spoke about the war and the US peace plan by phone on Wednesday and again in person at the Vatican when the two met on the sidelines of the funeral of Pope Francis, according to the French president.