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A dramatic day unfolds in Washington as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and NATO’s new Secretary General Mark Rutte arrive at the White House ahead of a joint meeting with Donald Trump. The gathering, centered on Ukraine’s uncertain future, comes amid fierce Russian escalation on the battlefield and growing divisions in the West over strategy. With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky already under pressure, European leaders are racing to project unity as Trump signals he will demand concessions to Moscow. The stakes are immense: the fate of Ukrainian territory, the credibility of NATO, and the balance of power in Europe hang in the balance. The arrival of these leaders sets the stage for a tense diplomatic showdown, one that could reshape the trajectory of the war — and the future of Western resolve against Russia.    #Zelensky #Trump #Putin #WhiteHouseShowdown #UkraineWar #ZelenskySuit #JDVance #Crimea #Donbas #NATO #UkraineResistance #USUkraineTensions #AmericaFirst #PeaceDealOrWar #DiplomaticDrama #TransatlanticCrisis #BreakingNews #GlobalPolitics #RussiaUkraineConflict #WorldWatching  ~ED.102~HT.408~GR.124~

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00:00European leaders ahead of a meeting with President Trump and Ukrainian President

00:05Zelensky. Live coverage here on C-SPAN throughout the afternoon of this meeting at the White House

00:12following the meetings that the president had with the Russian President Vladimir Putin

00:17on Friday in Alaska. We're going to get your thoughts on this as well. But before we do that,

00:24Brad Bowman, what is President Putin up to after Friday's meeting? I think that President Putin

00:33probably is very pleased with what he's seen thus far. And why do I say that? Well, if you look at

00:39Russian state media, they're in various degrees of celebratory fervor. They view Alaska as incredibly

00:47positive from a Kremlin perspective. Okay, Brad, I'm going to jump in here because the door is

00:52opening here to the first European leader. Let's just see who it is here.

00:59It's the NATO Secretary General. He's arriving first at the White House.

01:07All right. Brad Bowman, is it important that the NATO Secretary General arrive first? What is his role

01:15here? I think it's incredibly positive that he's the first to arrive for multiple reasons. One,

01:20because of the importance of NATO, as we were just discussing, and because of the Secretary General

01:25personally. He has developed an ability to work with Trump, to interact with Trump in a way that

01:31has been successful. Some have referenced him as like a Trump whisperer. He's learned how to work with

01:38President Trump. And so if he's the one that walks in first and kind of sets the tone, I think that's

01:46incredibly positive and probably deliberate and a smart move. Let's go back to what you were saying

01:51on Putin, Brad Bowman, while we wait for this next European leader to arrive.

01:57Yeah. So, no, I think that, Vlad, you know, if you look at Russian state media, which, you know,

02:02obviously is not known as independent actors. And so they're going to be saying things that they

02:06either are cleared with the Kremlin or they believe would be fine with the Kremlin. And they are,

02:10they're, they have been celebrating, uh, that, uh, that, um, that, uh, they've accomplished the

02:17things I warned about, frankly, on Friday, they being the Russians, that they have delayed consequences

02:23for Russia, that consequences that, uh, President Trump threatened, but, uh, but most of which have

02:27not been implemented, um, that, uh, that they're on the verge of maybe getting, um, acceptance for a

02:35territory that they've stolen from Ukraine and maybe getting more than they've been able to get

02:39on the battlefield via diplomacy, particularly Donetsk, which would be very significant because

02:44the Ukrainians have built up very significant defenses in the parts of Donetsk, the Oblast,

02:50that the Russian forces have not been able to take. They haven't been able to take those and hold

02:54that. Uh, and so if they were able to get at the diplomatic table, that would be perceived,

02:59I think correctly by the Kremlin is a major win. All right. The second door is opening here and we

03:06have the arrival of the European, uh, commission president here, Ursula van der Leyen. And Brad

03:11Bowman, tell us about her role this morning and what has she been saying about the U.S. responsibility

03:17here and, and how far the U.S. should go or be concerned about going with, with, when it comes to

03:24Russia? I think her presence is important because, you know, you don't have every European

03:29country represented here. Of course not. You just have some of the leading countries,

03:34but you know, this is, this is a problem for all of Europe. So when, as she comes with, with, uh,

03:39her title and her role, then into some degree or another, she's, she can speak for all of Europe

03:45and ever member states in some capacity. Now, every nation state has different interests and

03:49different priorities here. You have countries like, uh, Hungary, for example, that have taken a very,

03:54very different approach, uh, than other countries. But I think her presence is really important.

03:58It provides additional diplomatic clout. So you can really think of the NATO secretary general

04:02as, uh, as representing the military power and, uh, and, uh, and you can see her representing really

04:09the political diplomatic power. And I think it's very positive that those two are there. And I think

04:14they arrived in exactly the right order. And they're being greeted by the way, by Monica Crowley,

04:19who's the chief of protocol, uh, for the, the, the, the white house, not being greeted by

04:24president Trump. Uh, Brad Bowman is, is this sort of the normal or the traditional way for any white

04:32house that you have the chief of protocol out there on the carpet to greet these leaders?

04:37You know, normally I would want to see the president greeting, um, both of these individuals get

04:43given their position and their stature, but this is not a normal day at the white house, right? When

04:48you look at, uh, uh, what's at stake here, uh, and you look at the quantity of, of dignitaries,

04:53uh, this is not a normal day. So, you know, if we deviate from the norms here, I'm not going to get

04:58particularly upset or excited about that. Um, there's a lot going on. There's a lot of moving parts.

05:03You, you know, the best laid plans often collide with reality and you just do the best you can.

05:07But, uh, you know, I, I, I think the, uh, the public, uh, uh, meetings, the public statements

05:13are going to be really, really important. And what's happening behind closed door in terms of

05:17who's greeting, who, who's handshaking, I think that's less important. All right. I'm going to

05:20weave in Peter here who's been waiting. He's in North Conway, New Hampshire, an independent caller.

05:25Peter, we're keeping our eyes here on this live shot right outside the White House for more European

05:30leaders to arrive, but go ahead and give us your thoughts here real quickly because I see another car

05:35polling up. Peter? Hi, Glenn. Um, I hope I can do this quickly. I think what's missing in this

05:44conversation is the historical context. And that is that this needed character to acquire

05:52in the next by canceling the great over 207 years ago.

05:56Peter, I, I apologize. I know you hung on the line there for a while, but we cannot hear you.

06:01It's too difficult. This is Keir Starmer, the British prime minister arriving next. Again,

06:07being greeted by the chief of protocol for the White House, Monica Crowley. He will then make

06:12his way into the White House where all the European leaders are expected then to, uh, gather behind

06:19closed doors and wait for the Ukrainian president, Mr. Zelensky, to arrive, which, uh, should be around

06:271 p.m. Eastern time.

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