After week of criticism, Trump plays nice — for now — with Zelenskyy
President Donald Trump is playing nice with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of his visit on Friday, after a week of feuding with the wartime leader. Trump said Thursday he and Zelenskyy...
View ArticleTrump’s visit with UK’s Starmer offers sobering preview for Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer flattered President Donald Trump with a basket of gifts on his first visit to the White House on Thursday, including commitments to spend more money on defense,...
View ArticleCan Germany’s next chancellor help Europe deal with Trump?
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Germany has voted, and Friedrich Merz is now the chancellor-in-waiting. But can he rise to the occasion? With Donald Trump signaling a retreat from Europe...
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Poland’s nationalists stick to Trump like glue ahead of presidential election
WARSAW — They donned the MAGA hats. They chanted “Donald Trump!” in the Polish parliament. And the enthusiasm of Poland’s nationalist opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party for the United States...
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Unlike Trump, Europe can’t afford to take Putin at his word
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. When it comes to the war in Ukraine, America and Europe stand far apart on many things — not least on who’s to blame for the conflict that’s been...
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Macron’s told-you-so moment
PARIS — France wasn’t wrong. It was just early. In 1956, as U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower dramatically forced Britain and France to back down from a military intervention to regain control of the...
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How Keir Starmer buttered up Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — “These visits are like a first date,” said one senior U.K. official, as they nervously awaited Keir Starmer’s first White House talks with Donald Trump. “You go and just hope you might...
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‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
BRUSSELS ― European leaders on Friday rallied to defend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after United States President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance subjected him to a tirade of...
View ArticleTrump, Vance attack on Zelenskyy angers many. But Russians and (some)...
Ukraine’s supporters in Washington and abroad reacted with horror to President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s verbal takedown of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, calling it...
View ArticleLe Pen says Trump-Zelenskyy clash exposes Europe’s weakness
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen slammed the tense exchange between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “slap in the face” for Europe, warning that the...
View ArticleZelenskyy says Trump support ‘crucial’ after bruising Oval Office clash
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in London on Saturday, continuing a diplomatic damage-control effort after his tense exchange with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday....
View ArticleSharing France’s nuclear umbrella? No way, says Le Pen
PARIS ― A pooling of France’s nuclear warheads to help protect Europe won’t happen ― not if Marine Le Pen can help it. The far-right leader on Saturday vigorously opposed plans to build a stronger,...
View ArticleUK’s Starmer embraces Zelenskyy after Ukraine leader’s Oval Office showdown
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave a highly public show of support for Volodymyr Zelenskyy Saturday night, a day after the Ukrainian president was berated in the Oval Office by Donald...
View ArticleStarmer and Macron to work on Ukraine peace as leaders meet for London summit
The United Kingdom and France will work on a Ukraine peace plan and mediate between Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump, after a meeting between the two spiralled into...
View ArticleRussia celebrates US foreign policy that now ‘coincides’ with Moscow’s worldview
The Kremlin on Sunday cheered the shift in U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump, saying the American view now “largely coincides” with Russia’s take on geopolitics. Trump has upended U.S....
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Defense promises but scant detail as Europe enters decisive week
LONDON — Europe enters a pivotal week for the future of its security — after a summit in London that delivered plenty of promises but few concrete answers. A group of world leaders — including...
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Can Ukraine-US relations be repaired?
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy veered dangerously off-script last week, thanks, in large part, to goading by U.S. Vice President JD...
View ArticleTrump’s ‘indecency’ endangers transatlantic alliance: French PM
PARIS ― French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday declared the alliance with the U.S. is seriously wounded and called President Donald Trump’s attitude toward Ukraine “an indecency.” “On Friday...
View ArticleTrump halts aid to Ukraine
President Donald Trump on Monday evening hit pause on all U.S. aid to Ukraine, a show of force following last week’s dressing down of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office aimed at...
View ArticleTrump halt of arms aid to Ukraine ‘painful, but not fatal,’ Kyiv says
KYIV — The astonishing decision by the U.S. to halt all military aid to Ukraine will harm the country’s effort to hold off Russia but the country will keep fighting, officials said on Tuesday. “First,...
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