Donald Trump and Jill Biden Share Rare Chat While Attending Notre Dame Reopening in Paris

Mar. 15, 2025

Jill Biden (left) and Donald Trump (right) on Dec. 7 in Paris, France.Photo:THIBAULT CAMUS/POOL/AFP via Getty

US First Lady Jill Biden (CL) listens to President-elect Donald Trump sits during a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on December 7, 2024. Around 50 heads of state and government are expected in the French capital to attend the ceremony marking the rebuilding of the Gothic masterpiece five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were part of the five-year restoration project at a cost of hundreds of millions of euros.

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Donald TrumpandDr. Jill Bidencrossed paths at thereopening ceremony of the Notre Dame Cathedral.

On Saturday, Dec. 7, Trump, 78, and Biden, 73, attended the celebration for the landmark church in Paris, France, after it wasdamaged in a fire in 2019.

Their time together comes ahead of Inauguration Day in January, when the educator and her husband, PresidentJoe Biden, will see the U.S. presidency transferred to Trump.

Others who attended the reopening ceremony includedPrince William; PresidentEmmanuel Macronand his wife, Brigitte Macron; plusSalma Hayekand her husband,François-Henri Pinault.

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(From left to right) Jill Biden, Brigitte Macron, Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron.LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty

President Emmanuel Macron’s wife Brigitte Macron (CL) talks with US President-elect Donald Trump (CR) as they sit alongside daughter of US President Joe Biden, Ashley Biden (L), First Lady of the United States Jill Biden (2L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) inside Notre-Dame Cathedral ahead of a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark cathedral, in central Paris, on December 7, 2024. Around 50 heads of state and government are expected in the French capital to attend the ceremony marking the rebuilding of the Gothic masterpiece five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were part of the five-year restoration project at a cost of hundreds of millions of euros

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Trump’s appearance at the landmark in Paris comes after he was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election againstKamala Harrison Nov. 6.

The politician, who previously served as president from 2017 to 2021, clinched a rare non-consecutive term and became the first convicted felon and the oldest person elected to the role.

“This project was a human adventure of epic proportions in terms of building and prowess, involving the patient and dedicated work of a chain of talents working with one another passing the torch to those of the centuries to come,” he said.

Macron added, “It was a challenge many deemed impossible, yet one we will have met on.”

source: people.com

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