{"id":497024,"date":"2026-02-24T20:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497024\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:28:07","slug":"kushners-phone-call-cools-france-us-diplomatic-row-for-now-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497024\/","title":{"rendered":"Kushner\u2019s phone call cools France-US diplomatic row \u2014 for now \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Kushner\u2019s no-show, Barrot said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/franceinfo\/status\/2026204968974221802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">in an interview Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0that he had requested the American envoy be barred from meeting members of the French government until he \u201crespects the most basic customs of diplomacy and responds to the summons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kushner and Barrot have since \u201cagreed to meet in the coming days to continue working toward a strong bilateral relationship,\u201d the official close to Barrot said. <\/p>\n<p>The official did not answer POLITICO\u2019s question as to why Kushner, the father of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law and diplomatic envoy Jared Kushner, had missed his meeting. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the U.S. Embassy in Paris said Barrot and Kushner had a \u201cfrank and amicable call, reaffirming their shared commitment to working together, along with all other Ministers and French officials, on the many issues that impact the United States and France.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barrot said during his Tuesday interview that the incident with the activist was purely domestic and that France had \u201cno lessons to learn, particularly when it comes to violence, from international reactionary [forces].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the phone call with Barrot, Kushner \u201cexpressed his willingness not to interfere in our public debate, and reiterated the friendship between France and the United States,\u201d the French official said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Kushner\u2019s no-show, Barrot said\u00a0in an interview Tuesday\u00a0that he had requested the American envoy be barred from meeting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,3414,637,3419,199188,66,75923,772],"class_list":{"0":"post-497024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-far-right","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-french-politics","14":"tag-jean-noel-barrot","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-transatlantic-relations","17":"tag-united-states"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}