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Intel: Trump presses Macron on Libya as France-Turkey row continues

President Donald Trump pressed President Emmanuel Macron on France’s role in Libya during a phone call today.

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R), Russian President Vladimir Putin (2ndL), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2ndR) and French President Emmanuel Macron (front) talk on the sidelines of a Peace Summit on Libya in Berlin on Jan. 19, 2020. — ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump pressed President Emmanuel Macron on France’s role in Libya during a phone call today.

White House spokesman Judd Deere announced that the two leaders discussed “ways to de-escalate the situation in Libya, which has been exacerbated by the presence of foreign forces and arms.”

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