Macron hosts Trump loyalist Pompeo after congratulating Biden

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, right (AP/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

French President Emmanuel Macron has held a closed-door, low-key meeting with US President Donald Trump’s secretary of state.

The zero fanfare welcome for Mike Pompeo, a loyalist of Mr Trump, at the presidential Elysee Palace was in itself indicative of how Mr Macron’s government is already looking ahead to the era of US President-elect Joe Biden.