Operation White House': How European leaders backed Zelenskiy against Trump
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President Trump seeks praise and highlighted hosting many leaders at once as European delegations gathered to discuss the war in Ukraine. European leaders accompanied President Zelenskiy to the White House and met outside the Oval Office due to the number present. Talks lasted more than six hours and were described by one participant as a conversation among friends and close allies. Some European figures defended and praised Trump’s role, calling him a pragmatic peacemaker credited with helping break negotiation deadlocks. Others expressed deep concern that critical matters depend on catering to Trump’s fragile ego.
Donald Trump likes to be told how well he does everything. So it's no surprise that, at the start of Monday's summit on Ukraine, he boasted that he was the president who had hosted the most leaders at once in the White House. So many Europeans had come to talk with him about the war in Ukraine that they had to meet outside the Oval Office.
The conversation was a conversation among friends, among close allies, who respect each other, who like each other, who know each other very well, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, one of the participants, told Fox News one of the networks most closely aligned with Trump after more than six hours of talks. The Dutchman is one of Trump's strongest defenders in a Europe that continues to view a president who has repeatedly demonstrated his disdain for the Old Continent with great suspicion.
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