"I keep hearing 'he'd rather have Trump.' I think probably not because what I want a strong military, she wouldn't spend the money on the military", the president said.
Macron supports intervention against Syria's government in response to its use of chemical weapons and could prove an important ally as the Trump administration seeks to increase pressure against Assad.
"Both of these men were elected as outsiders and neither of them is really tied to their own national political establishments", said Benjamin Haddad, a Washington-based French political analyst with the Hudson Institute.
In 1789, just six years after the end of the American Revolution, the same feeling was fomenting against the monarchy in France.
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As in Paris, security was tight, the city heavily guarded on land and in the Mediterranean, and the Place Massena, the central square where Macron was to speak, was protected by cement blocks to stop intruders.
After that first encounter on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit, Macron told a French newspaper his handshake with Trump was "not innocent" and it was a "moment of truth". "Each president gripped the other's hand with considerable intensity, their knuckles turning white and their jaws clenching and faces tightening".
Macron later called that handshake a "moment of truth" to show he's not a pushover.
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Shortly after his speech, Mr Macron and his U.S. guest walked down from the platform where they were sitting to stand in front of giant French and American flags that were unfurled by soldiers.
In addition to France's national holiday, the parade also commemorated the 100th anniversary of the USA entering into World War I.
Trump and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, spent two days in Paris.
Several highlights of the parade put the United States in the spotlight.
The French leader will take Trump on a tour of Napoleon's tomb, and he and his wife will accompany the Trumps to a dinner at the Jules Verne restaurant in the Eiffel Tower - with spectacular views of a gorgeous (and not so dangerous) Paris. Indeed, shortly after arriving in Paris Thursday, Trump led a ceremony recognizing three American veterans of the 1944 D-Day invasion of German-occupied France.
Mr Trump was the guest of honour for the celebration in Paris to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the USA entry into the First World War.
Trump often boasts of his commitment to bolstering America's military. Trump made no remarks at the conclusion of the parade, but he returned the kindness in a statement released as Air Force One flew back to the U.S.
The French President quickly got his balance as he continued chatting to Mr Trump as the handshake continued. Critics have pointed to that meeting as a possible link between Trump's campaign and Russia's effort to interfere in the USA election.
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