Well, it was another successful day in the White House for the president. That president was, of course, Voteir Zalinski. President Zullinski, the most heroic European leader of the 21st century, went to the White House today surrounded by seven other European lead leaders, including five European heads of state to prevent Donald Trump, from doing something crazy.That was the whole purpose of their trip. And once again, President Silinski and the European leaders succeeded. Donald Trump did nothing crazy to ...

Geopolitical Analysis - European leaders demonstrate solidarity with Ukraine, especially after a meeting in Anchorage [1] - European leaders are nervous about the change in tone from Donald Trump regarding a ceasefire [1] - A ceasefire is essential for serious negotiations between Russia and Ukraine [3][8] - Significant disagreements exist regarding a ceasefire, territorial concessions to Russia, and security guarantees for Ukraine [2][4] - Donald Trump's position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict appears to have changed after a meeting with Vladimir Putin [6][7] - European leaders emphasize the importance of a ceasefire for trust in negotiations [8] - The US is potentially prepared to offer Article 5-like security guarantees to Ukraine, but not directly from NATO [9] - NATO membership for Ukraine faces obstacles, including the need for unanimous consent from all NATO members and Russian opposition [12] - European leaders aim to publicly signal their commitment to Ukraine's integrity and sovereignty to Donald Trump and members of Congress [16] - Donald Trump seems to be adopting Vladimir Putin's positions on Ukraine, prioritizing a settlement over Ukraine's territorial integrity [17] Political Commentary - Donald Trump is perceived as intimidated by Vladimir Putin and admires his strength [7] - Donald Trump is viewed as an unserious statesman who undermines the credibility of the United States [21][22]

Brand new details about the meeting that just ended between Donald Trump, Vladimir Zalinski, and European leaders. According to the New York Times, Donald Trump paused that meeting to make a phone call to Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin says the call lasted 40 minutes.It comes after Trump pared Putin talking points in his earlier meeting with President Zinski, questioning whether a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine is necessary to help end the war in Ukraine. >> I don't think you need a ceasefire. I know tha ...

Moderator of Meet the Press, Kristen Welker, just sat down exclusively with French President Emanuel Mcronone just moments ago following those lengthy peace talks at the White House today. She pressed him on that hot mic moment with President Trump that we saw earlier and whether a ceasefire needs to be reached to hold the trilateral meeting and the role French and American troops could play in the effort to maintain peace. Take a listen.President Trump was overheard on a microphone talking to you and he sa ...

Uh, we want to bring in New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker. He's also an MSNBC political analyst and Atlantic staff writer David Graham is also still with us. Peter, that um that largely resembled a lot of the cabinet meetings that we've seen Donald Trump hold over the years with his cabinet officials where they praise him, but this was, you know, leaders of state doing it.Um, in some cases putting a lot of flattery on on Donald Trump's plate. How do you read what we just witnessed. ...

all of the wonderful things that took place today. We've had a very successful day thus far and important discussions as we work to end the killing and stop the war in Ukraine. We're all working for the same goal.Very simple goal. We want to stop the killing, get this settled. I've uh just had the uh honor of being with President Zalinski and all of the uh discussions that we've had. We covered a lot of territory and uh I spoke indirectly with President Putin today.We're going to call President Putin right ...

Last week, you warned of what you called severe consequences if a 30-day ceasefire or any type of ceasefire were not agreed to by Russia. Will there be severe consequences. Does that change.Because I don't think you need a ceasefire. You know, if you look at the six deals that I settled this year, they were all at war. I didn't do any ceasefires.And I know that it might be good to have, but I can also understand strategically why well, you know, one country or the other wouldn't want it. you have a ceasefir ...

That's what struck me, uh, Aean, the the president repeating numerous times that he doesn't think a ceasefire is necessary anymore to make progress. But if you heard some of the other leaders in that room, Chancellor Mert suggesting, I don't think we could have a a trilateral meeting or take this to that next step without it. Uh, calling it a necessity.President Mcronone of France dictating that as well. Uh, it's a a truce is a necessity, he said. Let's start there.Yeah, I think it's smart to put your finge ...

President of the United States along with key European leaders there in the East Room. A true unprecedented gathering of European leadership in the White House. Really world leaders gathering in the White House at a single moment as President Trump was just talking about the so-called coalition of the willing meeting today to try and put an end to the war in Ukraine. The president suggesting we'll give it our best shot. sounded reasonably optimistic in fact that they were going to make some progress today. ...

The Alaska summit reinforced my belief that while difficult pieces were within reach and I believe that in a very significant step, President Putin agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine and this is one of the key points that we need to consider and we're going to be considering that at the table also like who will do what essentially I'm optimistic that collectively we can reach an agreement that would deter any future aggression against Ukraine And I actually think there won't be ...