After the Putin Phone Call: Trump Shocks Merz with Brutal Russia Turn

After the phone call with Putin, Trump withdraws his call for a ceasefire. Merz and the other European leaders are stupid.

After months of futile pressure and public calls to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, Donald Trump has indicated, according to world media, much more intensely than before, that he might also back out of peace talks. Although he announced the start of ceasefire negotiations after a phone call with Vladimir Putin, he later admitted that he had his own "red line" in mind, but refused to specify it in more detail.

EU leaders were surprised Trump seemed to be satisfied with what he heard.