India, Sept. 23 -- French President Emmanuel Macron faced an unusual moment in New York on Monday night, September 22, when his official convoy was forced to stop outside the United Nations headquarters by the NYPD.

The French President had just finished speaking at the UN General Assembly, where he announced France's formal recognition of Palestine as a state. As his convoy began moving toward the French Embassy on 934 Fifth Avenue, NYPD officers halted the motorcade. The reason wasn't protests or security alerts; it was Donald Trump's motorcade.

In a video that has since gone viral, Macron briefly stepped out of his car after police ordered the vehicles to stop. An NYPD officer approached him, explaining the blockade. "I am sorry, Mr....