President Trump will meet with with two key European leaders next week to address tensions over Trump’s approach to negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine.
National security adviser Mike Waltz confirmed on Fox News that French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Washington, D.C., next week to meet with Trump.
“I just got off the phone with my counterparts from the United Kingdom, from France, from Germany and said, ‘Look, we welcome Europe stepping in and offering security guarantees. We welcome Europe. We’ve been asking for years for Europe to step up and contribute more to not only their own defense but Ukraine’s defense,’” Waltz said on Fox News.
The meetings come as European leaders have raised alarms about Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine. Trump dispatched top administration officials, including Waltz, to meet with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia this week to discuss ending the war, sidelining Ukrainian and European officials.
