Trump turns on Europe: will he pull support for Ukraine? - The Latest

特朗普转向欧洲:他会撤回对乌克兰的支持吗?- 最新消息

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2025-12-09

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Donald Trump has loomed large over Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with European leaders, after the US president took aim at the Ukrainian leader once again. It comes in the wake of a new White House national security strategy that has caused fear in Europe, but drawn praise from the Kremlin. Lucy Hough speaks to our Europe correspondent Jon Henley – Watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • This really is a profound and radical and fundamental change in US policy towards Europe.

  • But if we default to the old ways of America's just going to be the big idiot with a checkbook,

  • that's not going to work.

  • That's not going to happen.

  • I'm a little bit disappointed that President Zelensky hasn't yet read the proposal.

  • That was as if a few hours ago.

  • His people love it.

  • So the question really is,

  • how and when and if the EU is finally going to kind of stand up to Trump and say,

  • look, hang on, you know, enough's enough.

  • Has Donald Trump finally turned his back on Europe?

  • And what does that mean for Ukraine?

  • From The Guardians Today in Focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hoff.

  • I'm joined by John Henley, Guardians Europe correspondent based in Paris.

  • So, Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president,

  • has flown into London today for talks at Downing Street with Prime Minister Kir Stammer,

  • but also with French President Emmanuel Macron and the German Chancellor Friedrich Mert.

  • So, this is about a kind of public display of solidarity and unity, isn't it?

  • At a fairly extraordinary moment of US cooling against Europe, to say the least.