​President Trump on Sunday shrugged off any rift between him and Emmanuel Macron after news accounts said White House aides accused the French leader of trying to hijack the G-7 summit by focusing on issues beneficial to him.

​Trump said he had a “fantastic lunch” with Macron on Saturday in Biarritz, France, which is hosting the gathering of world leaders.

​”The best – frankly – and I told him, and I was totally honest – probably an hour and a half. Many of you saw it. I think it was the best hour and a half I’ve ever spent with him, President Macron​,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ​

​”It was a perfect period of time. And yet, I picked up stories, and I read like it was the opposite​,” Trump continued. “It was really was. I mean, it doesn’t matter; you can write whatever you want to write. But it was false reporting.​”​

The New York Times reported that Trump aides were upset that Macron would focus on issues like climate change and gender equality rather than economic issues that could affect the global economy. ​

​A report in Politico said aides accused Macron of trying to “fracture” the G-7 summit and isolate Trump on the international stage.

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But the president said he and Macron had dinner Saturday and talked about a number of issues, including Iran, trade and China.

“We discussed many things. But it was a very, very good – a very good dinner,” Trump said.