Paris Emergency Summit, Marco Rubio in the Middle East, Trump's First Month
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As high-level American and Russian delegations are expected to gather in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, European leaders are meeting in Paris today after being cut out of those negotiations.
After Trump officials traveled to Europe last week, it became clear the post-war security order in Europe that's been in place 80 years is no more.
Why are European leaders meeting in Paris?
We go now to NPR's Eleanor Beardsley in Paris to hear more about this. So, Eleanor, why has this shook up Europe?
Well, you know, Europeans knew the Trump administration was going to be a rougher ride than the Biden administration, but they still held out hope that the U.S. and Europe could work together, especially on ending the war in Ukraine. But that illusion burst this week. First, there was U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's He basically told European allies the U.S. has bigger priorities in Asia and Europe needs to take care of itself. That was followed by the Munich Security Conference this weekend, where Vice President J.D. Vance gave a scathing criticism of European democracy, a speech one European leader called, quote, fascist and anti-European. Vance also met with a far-right opposition leader in Germany while refusing to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Then there were the comments of U.S. advisor to Ukraine and Russia, General Keith Kellogg, who told the Europeans, we'll take your interests into account, but you won't be at the negotiating table to end the war.
Now, what about President Trump? How was his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin received there?
Well, that was the cherry on the cake. President Trump gave no heads up to European allies or Ukraine before holding by all accounts what was a friendly hour and a half phone call with Putin, who Europeans consider an aggressor and pariah. Trump even went so far as to speak of lifting sanctions and bringing Russia back into the fold of nations. Leaders left Munich yesterday morose and stunned, Ellie Tenenbaum told me. He's a security expert at the French Institute for International Relations. Let's listen.
So this has been their sort of nightmare scenario that they were going to be bypassed. by the United States to negotiate a peace deal over the heads.
And he says without its European allies by its side, the U.S. might try to strong-arm Ukraine into a bad deal.
Big meeting today in Paris. Who's going to be there? What's on the agenda?
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