Amy Martinez

And after talking to Russia, he puts President Volodymyr Zelensky on the spot.

Russia is, I believe, fine with it, but I'm not sure that Zelensky is fine with it.

NPR's Lauren Frayer is in London where Zelensky is meeting with some of his European allies.

So Lauren Zelensky called the weekend talks with President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, quote, constructive, though not easy.

Today in London, though, might be much different.

Now, late last week, the Trump administration published a revised national security strategy, which referenced Europe quite a bit.

And Lauren, it seems like it's got a lot of people worried.

OK, so then what does this then say about the U.S.

relationship with Europe as well and also maybe the role of Europe in these negotiations?

That's NPR's Lauren Frayer in London.

Thanks a lot.

And that's Up First for Monday, December 8th.

I'm Amy Martinez.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Krishnadev Kalamur, Dana Farrington, Miguel Macias, Mohamed El-Bardisi, and H.J.

Mai.

It was produced by Katie Klein, Nia Dumas, and Christopher Thomas.

We got engineering support from Stacey Abbott, and our technical director is Carly Strange.

Join us again tomorrow.

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