Paris: Their first meeting in Brussels was symbolized by a prolonged, white-knuckle handshake -- and months later it appears French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump continue to have forceful exchanges, reports CNN.

Macron shed light Sunday on his "very direct relationship" with Trump, telling the BBC's "The Andrew Marr Show" that the two leaders talk "very regularly."

"I'm always extremely direct and frank. He is. Sometimes I manage to convince him, and sometimes I fail," Macron said on the British talk show.

Macron added that Trump was "not a classical politician" and was "elected by his humoring people."

Macron, who was elected in May last year, said the two leaders had "built a very strong relationship." However they also disagreed on several topics, including the Paris agreement on climate change, from which Trump plans to withdraw unless the terms are renegotiated.