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US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron are shortly due to deliver a joint press conference at the White House, following a bilateral meeting. LIVESTREAM

  • Discussions today likely revolved around the war in Ukraine and European security proposals for Kyiv. Macron said on X ahead of his trip: “I'm going to tell [Trump]: 'You can’t be weak in the face of President Putin. It’s not you, it’s not your trademark, it’s not in your interest. How can you then be credible in the face of China if you’re weak in the face of Putin?’”
  • The Wall Street Journal reports that Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who meets with Trump on Thursday, will, “pitch Trump [this week] on a plan for 30,000 European peacekeepers in Ukraine [with] an American “backstop” to protect those troops…”
  • Trump’s National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said: “There’s been discussions from Prime Minister Starmer and President Macron about European-led security guarantees. We certainly welcome more European assistance.”
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US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron are shortly due to deliver a joint press conference at the White House, following a bilateral meeting. LIVESTREAM

  • Discussions today likely revolved around the war in Ukraine and European security proposals for Kyiv. Macron said on X ahead of his trip: “I'm going to tell [Trump]: 'You can’t be weak in the face of President Putin. It’s not you, it’s not your trademark, it’s not in your interest. How can you then be credible in the face of China if you’re weak in the face of Putin?’”
  • The Wall Street Journal reports that Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who meets with Trump on Thursday, will, “pitch Trump [this week] on a plan for 30,000 European peacekeepers in Ukraine [with] an American “backstop” to protect those troops…”
  • Trump’s National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said: “There’s been discussions from Prime Minister Starmer and President Macron about European-led security guarantees. We certainly welcome more European assistance.”