Pascal Confavereux, spokesperson for France’s Foreign Ministry, speaks with Fox News Digital, saying Palestinian recognition “is not anti-Trump,” but instead defeats Hamas and supports future Arab-Israeli peace. (Fox News Digital)

Trump, in his own U.N. speech Tuesday, sharply condemned the French-Saudi plan. “Recognizing a Palestinian state today would reward Hamas for its horrible atrocities, including Oct. 7,” Trump told world leaders, warning that such recognition would prolong the conflict and embolden terrorists.

But the French spokesperson argued the opposite. “What was actually adopted at the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week was to save the two-state solution, which frankly was in mortal danger one year ago,” he said. “This is exactly a defeat of Hamas. Hamas doesn’t want two states, Hamas wants ‘from the river to the sea.’ It’s exactly against that this initiative was prepared.”

Pressed to answer critics who argue that Macron’s international activism is also an attempt to preserve his legacy while he faces domestic struggles and low support at home, the spokesperson declined to comment.

French officials nevertheless took pride in having secured broad support. The July “Declaration of New York” — spearheaded by France and Saudi Arabia — was formally adopted at the General Assembly this month with backing from 142 states. “It was a long effort, but it shows there is an international majority determined to keep the two-state solution alive,” the spokesperson said.

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France would recognize a Palestinian state. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

On Monday, Trump used Truth Social to declare that Ukraine, with European support, “is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.” 

Confavereux welcomed the remarks, saying, “We welcome very positively these statements by President Trump. What we can see is that President Putin is not at all wanting peace — he’s sending bombs and drones in Ukraine, he’s violating NATO territory in Poland, Estonia, Romania. On the ground he is in total failure, gaining less than 1% of Ukrainian territory in 1,000 days, and that will not change our determination.”