‘We belong together’ – POLITICO

Rubio pleaded with the assembled world leaders to get on board with the critique of the global order that drove President Donald Trump’s return to office last year. He rehashed the administration’s complaints on the failure of international institutions, unfettered trade and energy policies that he said are “impoverishing our people,” as well as “mass […]

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Trusting Trump is hard but NATO’s newest member won’t ditch the US yet – POLITICO

What Kristersson’s comments lay bare is the lasting damage done to relations between many European governments and the U.S. after Trump’s demands to take “ownership” of the island away from Sweden’s neighbor Denmark. “For very obvious reasons, trust took a hit, no doubt,” Kristersson said this week, shortly before traveling to the Munich Security Conference. […]

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Only America can stop Putin, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy implored the Trump administration to apply more pressure on Russia to end the full-scale invasion of his country — and suggested Congress might need to act to bolster any postwar security guarantees. Zelenskyy, in an interview with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns at the Munich Security Conference, said only the U.S. had the […]

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