US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he will travel to Paris this weekend to attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral, destroyed by fire more than five years ago, in his first trip abroad since who won the elections.
Notre Dame, a Gothic masterpiece, is one of the most beloved and visited monuments in the French capital. It will reopen its doors this week to tourists and Catholic faithful.
Thanks to important reconstruction works, the 12th century cathedral, its spire, its cross vaults, its buttresses, its stained glass windows and its carved stone gargoyles have recovered their splendor of yesteryear and the white stone and golden decorations shine more than ever .
Trump, who won the November 5 election and will take office on January 20, praised the government of French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday in a post on his social network Truth Social.
“President Emmanuel Macron has done a wonderful job ensuring that Notre Dame is restored to its highest level of glory, and even more. “It will be a very special day for everyone,” he wrote.
The French government invited Trump to attend Saturday’s reopening ceremony and his team has been in talks with Macron’s office about the trip, a source familiar with the matter said.
Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to questions about whether the president-elect would meet other foreign leaders in Paris.
His planned visit comes against a backdrop of political turmoil in France, where the government is almost certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties tabled no-confidence motions on Monday against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. .
Although Trump has not traveled abroad since winning re-election, he left Florida to visit New York for a sporting event and traveled to Texas with billionaire Elon Musk to attend the launch of Musk’s SpaceX company’s giant Starship rocket.
With information from Reuters.
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