2025-08-18
14 分钟Good morning. It's Monday, August 18th.
I'm Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, Republican states are sending hundreds more National Guard troops to DC.
Programs to support maternal and infant health are in danger of losing funding, and an extreme case of snake oil diplomacy.
But first, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and several European allies are set to meet with President Trump today.
This follows Friday's summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a real diplomatic victory for Putin,
who got red carpet treatment on US soil and walked away without making any major concessions in the war.
Meanwhile, Trump failed to secure what he repeatedly said was his goal going into Friday's meeting, a ceasefire,
and he did not follow through on the severe consequences he threatened for Putin if Putin did not agree to one.
It appears that Putin has convinced Trump that a cease-fire is a bad idea.
That's Paul Mry with Politico.
He says European leaders are worried Trump is now feeling more sympathetic to Putin's vision for ending the war,
which would include significant territorial concessions from Ukraine.
Something Zelensky says is a red line.
Russia controls close to 20% of Ukrainian territory and it's calling on Ukraine to give up even more.
And the European allies are concerned that Putin would use the time it takes to negotiate long-term peace to seize more land.
That could take weeks or months, which plays into Putin's interests here.
Mclery says the allies hope to present a united front today.
In part because, as you might remember,