Lauren Frayer

will betray Ukraine in these talks.

And these are talks that involve European security.

I mean, the U.K.

says Russian submarine incursions into its own waters have jumped 30 percent in the past two years.

So you've got Europe scrambling to fund its own defense now, defense that was largely sort of guaranteed by the U.S.

since World War II.

And that's no longer the case under the Trump administration.

You're welcome.

Germany's foreign minister, Johann Wadipool, dismissed this new White House document, telling reporters in Berlin that Europeans don't need advice on democracy from the Trump administration.

In this document, the U.S.

pledges to support what it calls patriotic parties that promote nationalism and fight immigration.

It does not name any such parties, but those are the platforms of far-right parties, including Reform UK and the Alternative for Germany.

which is classified as extremist by German intelligence services.

The White House says it's necessary to support such parties to promote, quote, European greatness and prevent a future where, quote, certain NATO members will become majority non-European.

Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.

I literally walked up and this was happening in the middle of our streets.

You guys need to calm down and get out.

The British and Norwegian prime ministers toured a military base in northern Scotland, where some of the 13 warships in this new fleet are stationed.

They're ramping up maritime patrols to protect undersea cables as well as oil and gas pipelines from Russian attack.

Norway's prime minister, Yunus Garstura, told reporters the two countries are merging their navies on NATO's northern flank.