World | Emmanuel Macron France's Macron Has a Very New York Experience French president gets stuck in traffic, even reaches out to Trump By John Johnson Posted Sep 23, 2025 11:53 AM CDT Copied French President Emmanuel Macron greets delegates upon arriving inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at UN.. headquarters. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis) French President Emmanuel Macron got what the New York Post describes as an "authentic New York experience" Monday night: His limo got stuck in the gridlock of UN traffic. Ironically, it was caused when the NYPD shut things down so President Trump's own motorcade could arrive, per USA Today. A video shows Macron asking a police officer to let him pass, but the polite cop says it's impossible. At that point, the French president pulled out his phone and called Trump, as first reported in the French outlet Brut. "Hey, how are you?" Macron is heard saying in accented English. "Guess what, I am waiting in the street because everything is frozen for you. Ha!" But the American president apparently couldn't pull any strings: Macron and his entourage ended up hoofing it to the French embassy. (Read about Trump's speech to the General Assembly.) Read These Next Online sleuths expose Epstein file redactions. Sammy Davis Jr.'s ex, Swedish actor May Britt, is dead at 91. In this murder, arresting the boyfriend was a big mistake. After Kennedy Center name change, holiday jazz concert is canceled. Report an error