Trump to Attend Notre Dame Reopening as Macron Grapples With Political Impasse

The visit marks Trump’s return to the world stage but comes at a time when the French and Ukrainian presidents face an uncertain future.
Trump to Attend Notre Dame Reopening as Macron Grapples With Political Impasse
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and France's President Emmanuel Macron gesture prior to a family picture with G7 leaders and guests, on the second day of the annual G7 summit in Biarritz, southwest France on Aug. 25, 2019. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
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President-elect Donald Trump will visit Paris for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral on Dec. 7, an event that marks his return to the world stage as the political future of two other European leaders who will be in attendance is uncertain.

Some 50 heads of state are expected to attend the weekend event that caps five years of extensive renovations after the cathedral, one of the most widely recognized churches in the world and a symbol of the French capital, was nearly destroyed by fire in 2019.