Emmanuel Macron had to walk half an hour by foot through New York after his\u00a0speech to the United Nations\u00a0on recognising Palestine as a state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Video footage shows him getting out of his car to talk to police officers after they stop his vehicle to make way for the expected arrival of the motorcade of\u00a0Donald Trump, the US president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The footage, which was captured by a reporter from the\u00a0social media outlet Brut,\u00a0appears to show the French president saying he needs to get to his country\u2019s consulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry, president, I\u2019m really sorry, everything has been frozen, there\u2019s a motorcade coming right now,\u201d an officer tells Macron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president then looks out over the empty street and replies: \u201cIf you don\u2019t see it, let me cross. I\u2019ll negotiate with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Macron, who remains stuck behind a metal barrier, takes out his phone and appears to call Trump directly. Leaning on the barrier, he says, laughingly: \u201cHow are you? Guess what? I\u2019m waiting in the street because everything is frozen for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Macron later appears to be allowed through on foot but not in his car. Still on his phone, he proceeds to stride off down the street, past shoppers and pedestrians. The reporter from Brut said Macron walked for about 30 minutes with his security detail. He stopped and posed with passersby who asked for photographs, including one encounter with a man who kissed him on the forehead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe time has come to end the war in Gaza, the massacres and the death,\u201d Macron had said during his opening speech to a special summit at the UN on Monday evening. \u201cThe time has come to do justice for the Palestinian people and thus to recognise the state of Palestine in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n