Trump to work with 'whoever' elected

US President Donald Trump will work with "whoever the people of France decide to elect" as their leader, his spokeswoman said Friday.

The comment offered no support to either Emmanuel Macron, who polls favor to be France's next president after elections today, or his far-right rival Marine Le Pen, whom Trump has hinted should benefit from attack-related security fears.

"The president is committed to working with leaders across the globe to combat a whole host of issues and certainly would do that with whoever the people elect," Trump's spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters.

She said, however, that "I have not had a conversation about whether he supports any particular candidate."

The non-commitment contrasted with the position of Trump's predecessor Barack Obama, who this week released a video statement backing Macron, a centrist who he said "appeals to people's hopes and not their fears."