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From Fox News: President Donald Trump is set to have another busy week meeting with foreign leaders in the nation’s capital as administration leaders continue working out a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
Trump will meet with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron in his fifth week back in the Oval Office, national security advisor Mike Waltz said on Fox News’ “America Reports.” The announcement follows Macron calling for an emergency meeting of world leaders after the Trump administration excluded Europe from sitting at the negotiating table to settle the war between Ukraine and Russia.
“Just a few months ago, everyone was talking about this war as though it would never end,” Waltz said on “America Reports” after confirming Starmer and Macron will visit Washington, D.C. “In just a very short amount of time, President Trump has us, everyone – the Ukrainians, the Russians, the Europeans – talking about it now and debating.… Only President Trump could drive that shift in conversation. And we have to acknowledge that that’s happened.”
Waltz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff met in Riyadh last week with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov to hash out ways to end the conflict. Ukraine was absent from the negotiations in Saudi Arabia.
Starmer is expected to come to D.C. to meet with President Trump later this week, reportedly on Thursday.
Macron was seen arriving at the White House Monday morning, where he participated in a C7 conference call with President Trump in the Oval Office, as they spoke with leaders of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
Vice President JD Vance also joined Trump and Macron in the Oval Office, to participate on the virtual conference.
President of France, Emmanuel Macron arrives at the WH this morning to kick off a day of meetings with President Trump. @RealAmVoice 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Bix9hdSsWB
— Brian Glenn (@brianglenntv) February 24, 2025
But there’s something profoundly different about this visit. President Trump was not standing at the door to welcome him when he arrived.
Instead, he was greeted by Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley and taken into the White House.
WOW Trump didn’t come out to greet Macron pic.twitter.com/nsnCST49NY
— Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) February 24, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived at the White House where he & Trump together will join the G7 call (at 8am)
Macron waved to the press before entering the West Wing pic.twitter.com/gmuaDeu0ap
— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) February 24, 2025
Macron briefly left the White House after the G7 conference call, but is expected to return soon for a bilateral meeting with President Trump.
Macron walks out of the West Room after his morning G7 conference call. @RealAmVoice pic.twitter.com/JCjWGWP0tF
— Brian Glenn (@brianglenntv) February 24, 2025
Of his meeting in the Oval Office with President Trump, Macron said, “It was very good, very friendly, as always. We did the G7 videoconference in the Oval Office and then we had a first discussion, and I came back shortly.”
President Macron of France walked from the West Wing to the Blair House. @EmmanuelMacron answered 2 shouted questions.
On the G7 leaders’ call: “The call was perfect.”
On how welcoming President Trump was: “It was very good, very friendly, as always. We did the G7… pic.twitter.com/XIHp1Yu38v
— Misha Komadovsky (@komadovsky) February 24, 2025
.@MikeWaltz47: President Trump is changing how the U.S. is handling the war in Ukraine so we can finally achieve PEACE. pic.twitter.com/ZlWG6vHaWw
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 23, 2025
National Security Advisor @MikeWaltz47: “I do not see the United States having Ukraine enter into NATO and then having United States troops… coming directly in for the defense of Ukraine. That is very different than the U.S. commitment to NATO and existing NATO countries.” pic.twitter.com/7HUtC0a0jt
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 24, 2025
Trump set to meet with world leaders in DC during busy week as Russia-Ukraine peace talks continue https://t.co/G9DE5Dvy2w
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 23, 2025
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