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1. Trump Seriously Freaked Out European Allies on Call About Putin

Source: The Daily Beast

Trump Seriously Freaked Out European Allies on Call About Putin

Some were reportedly “shocked” by what the American president had to say.

Ewan Palmer
Reporter

Updated May 20 2025 11:38AM EDT
Published May 20 2025 10:11AM EDT

President Donald Trump “shocked” European leaders on a conference call while discussing the outcome of his conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, according to a report.

Trump and Putin spoke for around two hours on Monday in what was seen in Europe as an opportunity for the U.S. to pressure Putin to agree to a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine or face new sanctions.

However, in a follow-up conference call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, and Finland, Trump stated that Putin had only agreed to discuss a ceasefire and that the U.S. would not be involved in the negotiations, unnamed sources told Axios.

European leaders on the call were also “surprised” in how the U.S. president appeared willing to abandon the idea of trying to broker a deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, the sources added.

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