Opinion | America Is Surrounded by Enemies … That We Created
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Opinion | America Is Surrounded by Enemies … That We Created

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Many years ago, I asked a friend who had been hired as a senior foreign policy official what he’d learned in government that he didn’t know beforehand. He replied: “I used to think policy-making was 75 percent about relationships. Now I realize it’s…

Europe Expected a Transactional Trump. It Got Something Else.
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Europe Expected a Transactional Trump. It Got Something Else.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump is no fan of the European Union. He has repeatedly claimed that the bloc was created to “screw” America, has pledged to slap big tariffs on its cars, and this week enacted global steel and aluminum levies that are expected to…

A Europe in Emotional Shock Grapples With a New Era
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A Europe in Emotional Shock Grapples With a New Era

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For decades a core objective of the Soviet Union was to “decouple” the United States from Europe. Decoupling, as it was called, would break the Western alliance that kept Soviet tanks from rolling across the Prussian plains. Now, in weeks, President Trump has…

America the Evil Mastermind? Not So Fast, Russians Are Told
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America the Evil Mastermind? Not So Fast, Russians Are Told

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Five weeks ago, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, delivered a routine speech blasting the “hegemonic, egoistic” United States at the helm of the “collective West.” The worldview of the 74-year-old veteran diplomat has since undergone some head-spinning changes. In an interview on…

Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble
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Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump made one of the biggest gambles of his presidency Tuesday by initiating sweeping tariffs with no clear rationale on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, triggering a trade war that risks undermining the United States economy. His actions have upended diplomatic…

Ukraine Races to Salvage U.S. Alliance After Trump Halts Aid
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Ukraine Races to Salvage U.S. Alliance After Trump Halts Aid

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A day after President Trump ordered the suspension of American military assistance, Ukrainian diplomats and politicians scrambled on Tuesday to find a way to salvage their alliance with Washington while the war weary nation prepared for the possibility that it will have to…

Is It Time to Transfer Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine? Calls Grow Louder.
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Is It Time to Transfer Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine? Calls Grow Louder.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s rancorous threat to abandon Ukraine is stoking support for a long-debated proposal to use billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets to buy weapons for Ukraine and finance its reconstruction. The money — roughly $300 billion owned by Russia’s central bank…

European Leaders Look for Allies to Secure Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal
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European Leaders Look for Allies to Secure Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Britain and France have promised to muster a “coalition of the willing” to secure a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Now comes the acid test for Europe: How many countries will step up, and does that even matter, given Russia’s rejection of…

Europe Is Left with Hard Choices as Trump Sours on Ukraine
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Europe Is Left with Hard Choices as Trump Sours on Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines European leaders have dealt with President Trump’s return to office by trying to keep him cooperating on Ukraine while pushing to ramp up their own defense spending so they are less reliant on an increasingly fickle America. But Friday’s meeting in the Oval…

Opinion | The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Putin Drama
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Opinion | The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Putin Drama

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The drama going on between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine raises one of the most disturbing questions I’ve ever had to ask about my own country: Are we being led by a dupe for Vladimir Putin — by someone ready…