💥 These ambush/humiliation setups in the Oval Office have to stop. It stokes a part of Trump's domestic base with viral videos, but it is extremely harmful to the American brand globally, especially in the Global South. 🤦‍♂️ axios.com/2025/05/21/tru…

Deshalb will #Putin keinen Waffenstillstand in der Ukraine. Er will nur lange Gespräche darüber, um Zeit zu gewinnen.

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It’s a bomb or deal situation. And there’s no deal in sight #OOTT

"A different leader, a military commander or a monarch, might rush to a bomb and wave the nationalist card. After all, it was the Shah who pushed forward Iran’s nuclear programme in the 1970s." economist.com/middle-east-an…

Which part of Trump’s promise for “mass deportations” did they not understand?

Trump’s fragile peace in the Middle East on.ft.com/4nnY9Ef

Chancellor Merz: For far too long, we in Germany didn’t want to hear our Baltic neighbours’ warnings about Russia’s imperialist policies. We have recognised this mistake – and there is no going back from this realisation.

“What if the rest of the world beats Washington to the punch, withdrawing from the cooperative U.S.-led order that has been the bedrock of American power?” foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Column: I helped negotiate the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. It’s still the best way forward time.com/7297970/iran-n…

I served as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, living under Putin’s missiles and drones for three years. I resigned, then spoke out against Trump’s Admin because we must stand up for our values at home and abroad.   My thoughts ahead of today’s Trump/Putin meeting:

Moments ago here at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska—President Trump and President Putin begin their meeting…

A White House official says the working lunch with the expanded delegation has not started yet. So the smaller meeting with Trump, Putin and senior aides has been going on for about 90 minutes.

While Trump meets with Putin, his administration is kicking refugees from the war Putin started to the curb. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. will begin losing legal protections Friday wsj.com/us-news/ukrain…

Trump is going to hear a lot from Putin today about the "root causes" of the war. This is a very loaded phrase. “When he talks about root causes, he’s talking about Ukraine’s existence as a sovereign, independent country." That's what Putin wants to end time.com/7309702/trump-…

Happening now at 5:25pmEST—President Donald J. Trump Trump, Secretary Marco Rubio, and Steve Witkoff are still meeting behind closed doors with President Putin and the Russian Delegation, here at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Europe’s summer charm offensive has failed. Let’s review European diplomatic achievements so far this year. 2025 started with JD Vance making his famous “stepping up” speech in Munich, and alarm bells started ringing. Unfortunately — Europe didn’t even wake up, let alone step

EUROPE, "Time to be brave like Ukraine"!!

For those arguing that tariffs will help balance the budget, Uncle Sam collected $29.5 billion in tariffs in August. The deficit for the month was $345 billion.