Trump congratulates France’s Macron

President Trump spoke with Emmanuel Macron on Monday to congratulate France’s president-elect on his weekend victory, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said.

Both leaders agreed to meet during a NATO leaders’ summit in Brussels later this month, according to the White House. 

Macron, leader of the center-left En Marche Party, defeated far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen over the weekend.

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Le Pen was viewed as a populist insurgent in the vein of Trump.

Trump did not endorse a French candidate but had said he believed a terror attack in Paris last month would boost Le Pen, who has taken a hard-line stance opposing immigration.

Former President Barack Obama backed Macron ahead of Saturday’s runoff election.

The White House has pledged that Trump would work with whomever the French people elected.

—Jordan Fabian contributed. Updated at 3:16 p.m.