Macron and Starmer to Visit White House Next Week... "Proposal to Deploy Peacekeeping Forces to Ukraine"

The leaders of the United Kingdom and France will visit the White House next week to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. This move comes amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Europe, with concerns that the U.S. might exclude Europe and conclude peace negotiations on Ukraine under terms favorable to Russia.

Mike Waltz, the White House National Security Advisor, announced in an interview with Fox News on the 19th (local time) that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Washington D.C. early next week to hold talks with President Trump.

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The exact date has not yet been disclosed. On the same day, President Trump reportedly told reporters aboard Air Force One, when asked about the meeting schedule with President Macron, "Soon, probably Monday (the 24th)," according to French media on the 20th.

This meeting takes place amid growing dissatisfaction that Ukraine, a key party in the peace negotiations led by the U.S. and Russia, as well as NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) countries, which are central to European security, have been excluded.

During the White House meeting, they are expected to emphasize to President Trump that the U.S.'s strongest and most traditional allies are in Western Europe, and to focus on persuading him about the risks of close ties with Russia.

They are also likely to officially propose the deployment of a European peacekeeping force to Ukraine. The British daily The Telegraph reported that Prime Minister Starmer will present a plan to President Trump to dispatch up to 30,000 European peacekeepers to Ukraine.

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