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President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that a big U.S. adversary was envious of America's Silicon Valley, which they had tried and failed to replicate.
"A very big adversary told me the most brilliant people in the world are in Silicon Valley," Trump said during an announcement on the Golden Dome, at the Oval Office. "He said, 'We can't duplicate it. We can't. We have the most brilliant minds in the world for this kind of thing; the equipment, the space, everything. But he said we just can't duplicate what you have there in Silicon Valley.'"
Trump did not clarify who the big adversary was, but the comments come just one day after the president held a two-and-a-half-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"This is somebody that I can't tell you who it is but you'd be amazed," Trump told reporters.
What To Know
- Trump's comments came as he announced Tuesday his administration's preferred concept for the $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense program.
- He said that he expects the system to be "fully operational before the end of my term," which ends in 2029, and claimed it would be capable of intercepting missiles "even if they are launched from space."
- $25 billion of that funding has been included in Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
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May 20, 2025 at 04:59 PM EDT
Donald Trump gives timeline, orice for ‘Golden Dome for America’
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday his administration's preferred concept for the Golden Dome missile defense program — a sprawling $175 billion initiative that would mark the first time the United States deploys weapons in space. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said he expects the system to be "fully operational before the end of my term," which ends in 2029, and claimed it would be capable of intercepting missiles "even if they are launched from space."
While the president projected confidence, a U.S. official familiar with the program cautioned that it's more likely the Golden Dome may only have initial capabilities by the end of Trump's term, not full operational readiness. Nonetheless, Trump named Gen. Michael Guetlein, currently the vice chief of Space Force, as the official in charge of overseeing the program's development.
The Golden Dome system is envisioned as a multi-layered defense grid capable of intercepting missiles during any of the four main phases of an attack: pre-launch, boost phase, midcourse flight, and terminal descent. It would include a mix of ground-based systems and an unprecedented expansion of space-based assets, including interceptors and detection satellites.
Read in full from Gabe Whisnant on Newsweek.
May 20, 2025 at 04:53 PM EDT
Trump says ‘big adversary’ has tried and failed to replicate Silicon Valley:
Trump said that a "very big adversary" was envious of America's Silicon Valley which he had tried, and failed, to duplicate.
"He said we can't duplicate it. We can't," Trump said. "This is somebody that I can't tell you who it is but you'd be amazed."
"We have the most brilliant minds in the world for this kind of thing; the equipment, the space, everything. But he said we just can't duplicate what you have there in Silicon Valley."
Trump did not clarify who the big adversary was, although the comment comes one day after the president had a two-and-a-half-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
May 20, 2025 at 04:26 PM EDT
Gen. Guetlein says Golden Dome needed urgently to protect US against ‘very capable’ adversaries
Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, who Trump has tapped to lead the Golden Dome, has said the project is needed urgently to combat "our adversaries" who "have become very capable and very intent on holding the homeland at risk."
"As you're aware, our adversaries have become very capable and very intent on holding the homeland at risk," Guetlein said during the announcement at the Oval Office Tuesday.
"While we've been focused on peace overseas, our adversaries have been quickly modernizing their nuclear forces, building out ballistic missiles that are capable of hosting multiple warheads, building out hypersonic missiles capable of attacking the United States within an hour and traveling at 6,000 miles an hour, building cruise missiles that can navigate around our radar and our defenses, and building submarines that can sneak up on our shores, and worse yet, building space weapons," he continued.
"It is time that we change that equation and start doubling down on protection of the homeland. The golden dome is a bold and aggressive approach, to hurry up and protect the homeland from adversaries."
May 20, 2025 at 04:15 PM EDT
Trump says Canada will be part of Golden Dome project
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Canada "wants to be part" of the Golden Dome project.
Trump added that they will be discussing how Canada will "hook in" but he said they will be paying their "fair share" for the protection from long-range missiles.
"This is very important for the success and survival of our country," Trump said at the Oval Office announcement, with Pete Hegseth.
"It's an evil world out there."
May 20, 2025 at 04:11 PM EDT
Trump announces $175 billion Golden Dome project to be completed in just three years
President Donald Trump has announced that his Golden Dome anti-missile project will be completed in just three years.
Trump said that he has selected the official architecture for the dome which will cost a total of $175 billion, with $25 billion coming from his current budget bill.
It will be led by Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein.
May 20, 2025 at 04:01 PM EDT
Van Hollen tells Rubio he regrets confirming him in fiery Senate hearing clash
Sen. Chris Van Hollen had a fiery clash with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday.
"I regret voting for you as secretary of state," Democrat Sen. Van Hollen told Rubio, who he said had failed to stand up for his principles.
Van Hollen spent his entire allotted six minutes listing Rubio's failures, in his opinion, which included dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, deporting migrants to an El Salvador prison, cancelling visas for student protesters.
"Your regret for voting for me confirms I'm doing a good job," Rubio responded.
Committee chairman Sen. James E. Risch intervened as Van Hollen and Rubio sniped at each other, telling the Democrat, "Your time is up and woefully used."
May 20, 2025 at 03:48 PM EDT
Nancy Mace shows nude photos of herself during House hearing
Republican Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina on Tuesday displayed what she said was a nude photo of her that was taken without her consent.
Mace shared the image during a House oversight subcommittee hearing on "surveillance in private spaces." The South Carolina lawmaker has publicly accused her former fiancé, Patrick Bryant, of recording her without asking for her permission, a charge Bryant has "categorically denied."
Mace again accused her ex-fiancé of sex crimes before Tuesday's hearing, writing in an X post: "Today I will show my naked body on one of the videos predator and rapist Patrick Bryant took of me and many other women. Without our knowledge. Without our permission. And without our consent."
In addition to Bryant, Mace also publicly accused three other men of rape, sex trafficking and non-consensually filming sex acts that involved her and other women.
One of those men, Brian Musgrave, sued Mace for defamation in March. The lawsuit said Musgrave was not there during any of the events the South Carolina lawmaker described and that he did not "film" or "incapacitate" anyone. Bryant has also denied all of Mace's allegations and said he will "cooperate fully with any necessary legal processes" related to the matter.
May 20, 2025 at 03:43 PM EDT
Rubio takes responsibility for dismantling USAID
Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, has taken full responsibility for dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), telling lawmakers that "DOGE didn't do anything."
Democrat lawmakers have been grilling Rubio on comments from Elon Musk on X, formerly Twitter, after he bragged he had been "feeding USAID into a wood chipper."
However, Rubio said that he was behind the call to shut down USAID programs, not Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
May 20, 2025 at 03:19 PM EDT
OPINION: Talk of suspending habeas corpus is a hand grenade on America’s heart
What's in a word like "invasion"—the one the Trump administration is tossing around in connection with the Alien Enemies Act and the writ of habeas corpus? After all, don't Americans share a common understanding of what an invasion is?
Apparently not, and that should worry us. People have been abusing what words mean for years. The word "emergency" has been abused by both political parties for decades. Since the 1970s, the federal government has declared 31 emergencies that remain in effect today. Permanent states of emergency are bad. They mean we can't tell a real emergency from an ordinary policy.
And some word abuse must be laid at the door of the Democrats, too. To some of them, diversity too often meant anybody but white men. Equity meant justice for some at the expense of others. Inclusion to many on the far-left meant exclusion of races and genders out of favor. The rhetoric wasn't explicit, but the results were on display for all to see. It was an Achilles Heel for Democrats, and Republicans put an arrow through it.
Read in full from Thomas G. Moukawsher, retired judge and author, on Newsweek.
May 20, 2025 at 03:05 PM EDT
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fails to give accurate definition of habeas corpus
Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem, failed to give an accurate definition of habeas corpus during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
Noem was asked by Sen. Maggie Hassan, to explain what habeas corpus is
"Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country," Noem responded, incorrectly.
Sen. Hassan then interrupted Noem, telling her, "excuse me, that's incorrect" before giving her the accurate definition.
"Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people," Sen. Hassan said. "If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason."
May 20, 2025 at 01:43 PM EDT
Jake Tapper admits to Megyn Kelly he didn’t press Biden on health
CNN anchor Jake Tapper appeared today on The Megyn Kelly Show in a candid and, at times, confrontational interview where he acknowledged key failures in his coverage of former President Joe Biden's health.
Joined by Axios reporter Alex Thompson to promote their new book Original Sin, Tapper directly addressed criticisms from the former Fox News host on her Sirius XM show. Tapper admitted that he and others in the press ignored visible signs of Biden's decline.
The exchange between the writers and Kelly quickly took a personal turn when the conservative commentator pressed Tapper with pointed questions about his past reporting on the former president's cognitive health.
"As you know, this book involves a cover-up," Megyn Kelly began. "Jake, the criticism has been that you're complaining about a cover-up of Joe Biden's mental acuity—something that right-wing pundits, the right wing in general, and independent media all saw and reported on. It wasn't a mystery, even to left-wing reporters. They weren't fools, but they chose blindness over honest reporting."
May 20, 2025 at 01:33 PM EDT
JPMorgan CEO issues inflation warning
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has warned that inflation risks remain elevated despite the temporary reduction in tariffs announced by the U.S. and China last week, and that markets have exhibited an "extraordinary amount of complacency" regarding the long-term impacts of the trade dispute.
Speaking at the financial institution's investor day on Monday, Dimon said: "I don't think we can predict the outcome and I think the chance of inflation going up and stagflation is a little higher than other people think," he added.
While inflation has eased, according to recent official data, consumer surveys reveal lingering anxieties about the prospect of rising prices through 2025—anxieties that, as Dimon noted, the tariff pause has not yet dispelled.
Experts told Newsweek previously that despite the 90-day pause—intended as a window for more comprehensive negotiations between the U.S. and China—the reduced rates still remain high compared to previous levels, and there still exists a strong possibility of the trade war reigniting.
Read in full from Hugh Cameron on Newsweek.
May 20, 2025 at 01:19 PM EDT
Rubio says US seeking ‘voluntary’ resettlement of Gaza civillains
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified Tuesday that the Trump administration was speaking with foreign governments about taking displaced Gaza civilians.
Democrat Sen. Jeff Merkley accused Rubio and the administration of trying to carry out a "strategy of forced migration."
But Rubio pushed back, telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that such displacements would be "voluntary."
"There's no deportation," Rubio said. "We've asked countries preliminarily whether they will be open to accepting people not as a permanent solution, but as a bridge to reconstruction" in Gaza.
May 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM EDT
WATCH: Marco Rubio defends making changes to state department
May 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM EDT
How MAGA are Republicans? Comparisons now to record high
The number of Republicans who identify as MAGA dropped in the first months of President Donald Trump's second term in office after peaking in March, according to a new poll.
Trump reshaped the Republican Party on issues ranging from trade, immigration and foreign policy over the past decade, and the latest poll finds that a plurality of Republicans continues to identify as MAGA. However, that number has dropped in recent weeks. The president's approval rating dropped in April amid backlash to some of his immigration and economic policies like tariffs, though his approval has since rebounded in some polls.
Fifty percent—nearly a majority—of Republicans still identify as MAGA, according to the latest YouGov/The Economist poll released on Tuesday. Only 39 percent said they do not identify as MAGA, while 11 percent are not sure. The poll surveyed 1,710 adults from May 16 to May 19, 2025, and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
Read in full from Andrew Stanton on Newsweek.
May 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM EDT
Speaker Johnson claims Trump received standing ovations during Capitol Hill meeting
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that President Donald Trump's closed-door meeting with Republicans on Capitol Hill on Tuesday had been a "great meeting."
Speaking from the Capitol, Johnson said that Trump had received "multiple standing ovations" during the meeting aimed at rallying support for the budget bill.
"The party is unified," Johnson added. "The House Republican Congress is excited."
Despite Johnson's confidence, several GOP House members have expressed they still have reservations over the bill.
May 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM EDT
Rubio denies any knowledge of Trump’s widely reported meme coin dinners
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is being grilled by senators on the foreign affairs budget as he testifies in front of the Senate committee on Tuesday.
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy asked Rubio if he was concerned that Trump's upcoming meme coin dinner, which invites the top 220 $TRUMP holders to dine with the president at his Virginia golf club on May 22, may be "contravening national security interests" by giving foreign buyers direct access to him.
However, Rubio denied any knowledge of the widely reported event, which has been promoted by those close to Trump on social media.
"I don't keep the president's social schedule," Rubio said. "It's not on my phone. It's not in my pocket."
May 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM EDT
Newsom slams Trump’s ‘extreme’ budget bill he warns will harm Americans
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has slammed Trump's budget bill proposal which he warns could result in up to 3.4 million Californians losing their health coverage.
Newsom warned that the GOP bill, which proposes sweeping changes to Medicaid including a work requirement of at least 80 hours per month, also put more than an estimated $30 billion in federal funding at risk, and gut California's health care safety net.
"If Republicans move this extreme MAGA proposal forward, millions will lose coverage, hospitals will close, and safety nets could collapse under the weight," Newsom said in a statement.
"We must sound the alarm because the stakes couldn't be higher."
May 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM EDT
Elon Musk to cut back political spending: ‘I’ve done enough’
Elon Musk has said he plans to cut back on political spending.
The richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he had "done enough."
The announcement, made via videoconference during a Bloomberg forum in Doha, Qatar, could be a setback for Republicans before next year's midterm elections.
"I'm going to do a lot less in the future," Musk said. Asked why, he responded that "I think I've done enough."
He added: "If I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it.
"I do not currently see a reason."
May 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM EDT
WATCH: Massie slammed by Trump over budget bill pushback: ‘Grandstander’
May 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM EDT
Thomas Massie says he’s still a ‘no’ vote on bill
Rep. Thomas Massie told reporters that he is still a "no" vote after today's meeting with President Trump.
The Kentucky congressman said he "didn't feel attacked" during the meeting and that he took many of Trump's jabs in stride.
"I mean, he's a New Yorker. You got to take some of the attacks with a grain of salt," he said.
May 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM EDT
Trump: ‘I think we’re going to get everything we want’
President Trump announced that he had a "great talk" with House Republicans at Capitol Hill on Tuesday and said that party had "unbelievable unity" on his budget bill.
"I think we are going to get everything we want. I think we'll have a great victory," Trump told reporters at the Capitol.
"I think this was a tremendous session."
Trump was also asked about Rep. Harris' comments suggesting that House Republicans were far off from agreement on the bill.
"Well, why don't we see what the vote is?" Trump responded. "I think it was a great talk."
May 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM EDT
Rep. Andy Harris: ‘We’re still a long ways away’ from agreement on bill
Representative Andy Harris of Maryland, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus, has announced that "we're still a long ways away" from passing the Republican budget, following his meeting with President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill.
Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona, also a member of the House Freedom Caucus, said he also still had reservations on the bill.
"There is a lot in our federal government that gives us room to reduce," Biggs said as he called for further spending cuts.
"And we want to get as balanced as we possibly can."
May 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM EDT
Protesters ejected from Senate Foreign Relations Committee during Rubio testimony
At least two protesters have been ejected from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing during the first 10 minutes of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's testimony on Tuesday.
One of the demonstrators, a woman of retirement age, was picked up by police and slammed into the hearing room's double doors as he rushed her out, the Washington Post reports.
May 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM EDT
WATCH: RFK. Jr. urges world to see US withdrawal from WHO as ‘wake up call’
May 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM EDT
Tesla and SpaceX reputations plummet in major poll
Elon Musk's companies Tesla and SpaceX have seen their reputations fall dramatically over the past year, according to a new poll.
The 2025 Axios Harris Poll 100 survey, which measures public perceptions of the most visible companies in the United States, shows Tesla plummeting 50 spots to No. 83, while SpaceX dropped 36 places to No. 84.
The steep declines place the two companies in the bottom fifth of the annual reputation list, a stark contrast from their previous positions.
Read in full from Martha McHardy on Newsweek.
May 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM EDT
Trump’s surprise announced related to the ‘Golden Dome’: Report
President Trump's surprise announcement with Pete Hegseth at 3 p.m. ET today is related to his plans for a "Golden Dome," a U.S. official told Reuters.
The dome project is aimed at protecting the United States from long-range strikes.
The Pentagon has submitted small, medium and large project options to the White House, each expected to cost billions of dollars, CNN reports.
Today's announcement is likely to be Trump revealing his preferred option for the Dome.
May 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM EDT
Last-minute event added to today’s presidential schedule
The White House has added a new event to President Donald Trump's schedule.
The new event, set for 3 p.m., states that the president will makes an announcement with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office.
No further details were released.
Trump is also set to participate in the Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day Event on the White House front lawn at noon ET as part of his regular schedule.
May 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM EDT
Trump is talking with House Republicans in closed-door meeting
President Donald Trump is currently talking to House Republicans in their closed-door meeting.
Trump entered the meeting late after speaking with reporters on Capitol Hill.
May 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM EDT
Trump dismisses GOP members’ SALT concerns
Trump dismissed House Republicans' concerns over state and local tax (SALT) breaks, claiming that it is more likely to benefit Democrat governors.
Several Republican congressmen from blue states have called for larger federal deductions to offset state and local taxes.
But on Tuesday, Trump said that the only ones who would benefit from this were people like California's Gavin Newsom.
"Those are the people that want this, and they're Democrat states, they're all Democrat states," Trump said.
May 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT
‘We’re a very unified party,’ says Trump
President Donald Trump insisted that the Republicans are a "very unified party" ahead of the upcoming vote on the budget.
Trump told reporters at Capitol Hill that, "we only have one or two [grandstanders]."
The president, who spoke on his way into the closed door meeting to rally House Republicans, said he was a "cheerleader" for the Republicans and America.
May 20, 2025 at 09:53 AM EDT
Trump takes aim at ‘grandstander’ Rep. Thomas Massie
President Donald Trump has taken aim at Rep. Thomas Massive over his criticism for the budget bill.
"I don't think Thomas Massie understands government," Trump said, describing the Kentucky congressman as a "grandstander."
Massie hasn't publicly said he plans to vote against the bill, but he is assumed to be a "no" after he said the bill would raise the nation's debt limit.
May 20, 2025 at 09:36 AM EDT
Speaker Johnson optimistic ahead of Trump meeting
House Speaker Mike Johnson sounded optimistic about President Trump's attempt to rally GOP support for his bill this morning.
"I think the president is going to encourage everyone this morning to get in line and get the votes done," Johnson said as he headed into a closed-door House Republican conference meeting.
"We need to deliver this to the American people."
May 20, 2025 at 09:34 AM EDT
House Republicans say they still have reservations over bill
Several House Republicans have said they still have reservations over the budget bill ahead of President Donald Trump meeting with the lawmakers today.
"I couldn't vote for it right now," Rep. Warren Davidson, of Ohio told CNN on Tuesday. He says he wants more spending cuts before he can support the "big, beautiful bill."
Rep. Michael Lawler, of New York, also said he was not prepared to vote for the bill over the issue of increased state and local tax deductions.
"It's going to have to happen before there's a vote," Lawler said. "If it doesn't happen today or tomorrow, there won't be a vote."
May 20, 2025 at 09:16 AM EDT
Trump says there’s still ‘one or two grandstanders’ on bill as he arrives at Capitol Hill
President Trump has arrived at Capitol Hill to meet with House Republicans to try and rally support for his budget bill.
Trump told reporters there were still "one or two grandstanders" who were holding out on the bill.
The president added that those Republican holdouts, along with the Democrats, would be to blame if his 2017 tax cuts don't get extended.
May 20, 2025 at 09:03 AM EDT
RFK urges other countries to quit WHO
Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. has announced that the U.S. has been communicating with other countries to urge them to leave the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Trump administration pulled the U.S. out of the WHO almost immediately after President Trump returned to office.
In comments to Fox News, and streamed at WHO's assembly, Kennedy said, "I urge the world's health ministers and the WHO to take our withdrawal from the organization as a wake-up call. We've already been in contact with like-minded countries and we encourage others to consider joining us."
Trump has previously accused the WHO of being too close to China and mishandling the Covid pandemic. The WHO denies this
In his comments, played at the assembly, Kennedy called the organization "mired in bureaucratic bloat, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest and international power politics".
"We don't have to suffer the limits of a moribund WHO - let's create new institutions or revisit existing institutions that are lean, efficient, transparent and accountable," he said.
Diplomats and ministers at the WHO did not immediately react to Kennedy's comments.
May 20, 2025 at 08:53 AM EDT
Zelensky offers Trump free trade agreement
Ukraine's top trade official said President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed a free trade agreement with the U.S. in a letter to President Donald Trump.
Kyiv seeks to deepen economic ties with the U.S. to guarantee its future security against further Russian aggression once a peace deal is agreed with Moscow. Ukraine has a deal on sharing mineral revenues with the U.S. so far.
Taras Kachka, Ukraine's trade representative and deputy economic minister, revealed Zelensky's trade proposal at a conference in Kyiv on Tuesday, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
"Accordingly, this will be the next phase of our discussions," Kachka said.
May 20, 2025 at 08:41 AM EDT
WATCH: Hakeem Jeffries rips apart Trump’s ‘big, ugly bill’: People will die
May 20, 2025 at 08:32 AM EDT
What are the requirements for Medicaid under the budget bill?
House Republicans have unveiled legislation that would mandate certain Medicaid recipients complete 80 hours per month of "community engagement" to retain their benefits, reviving a long-standing GOP goal actively promoted during President Donald Trump's first term.
The work requirements mandate that able-bodied adults without dependents must participate in "community engagement" activities—such as employment, education, job training or volunteering—for at least 80 hours per month to remain eligible for Medicaid. States would be responsible for enforcement and reporting.
2023 Congressional Budget Office report found that implementing Medicaid work requirements for people aged 19-55 would cut federal spending by around $109 billion over a decade. But it would also cause an estimated 600,000 people to lose their health insurance. It would also shift $65 billion in costs to states.
The policy mirrors initiatives from the first Trump administration that were blocked in court. In 2019, federal judges struck down work requirements approved for Arkansas and Kentucky, ruling they failed to align with Medicaid's core mission of providing health coverage. In Arkansas, more than 18,000 people were dropped from Medicaid in 2018 before the courts intervened.
The bill also calls for more frequent eligibility checks, requiring Medicaid users to undergo income verification twice a year instead of the current annual review.
May 20, 2025 at 08:25 AM EDT
Europe ‘shocked’ as Trump hands Putin ‘win’: Experts
President Donald Trump's lengthy phone call with Vladimir Putin yielded no major breakthrough and led some European officials to accuse the U.S. president of handing his Russian counterpart a win.
The leaders spoke for two hours on Monday as part of Washington's latest attempt to bring the three-year conflict with Ukraine to an end.
After the call, Trump hinted that the U.S. would no longer play a direct role in peace talks. He also refused to impose fresh sanctions on Russia to ramp up pressure on Putin to take negotiations seriously.
"Europe remains shocked" by what it sees as abandonment by Washington, "the previous anchor in the Western alliance," Swedish economist Anders Åslund, who has served as an economic adviser to both the governments of Russia and Ukraine, told Newsweek.
Read in full from Isabel van Brugen on Newsweek.
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