Nearly half a dozen European leaders are expected to join tomorrow’s White House meeting between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, turning the talks into what amounts to a partial NATO summit. Those set to accompany Zelensky to Washington include: • French President Emmanuel Macron • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz • British Prime Minister Keir Starmer • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni • European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen • Finnish President Alexander Stubb • NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte According to reports, Zelensky and Trump will first hold separate meetings with their own delegations before convening with the broader group of European leaders for a joint session and working lunch, where significant security guarantees for Ukraine may be finalized between the United States, Europe, and Kyiv.

According to Politico, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and/or NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte are expected to accompany Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington on Monday for his meeting with U.S. President Donald J. Trump. European leaders reportedly fear that Trump may not extend to Zelensky the same level of “hospitality” he showed Russian President Vladimir Putin during their summit in Alaska on Friday. Officials are particularly concerned about the possibility of another confrontation if Zelensky resists certain concessions—similar to the tense episode at the White House in March. The plan is for Stubb or Rutte, both of whom have built a strong rapport with Trump since January, to help ease potential tensions between him and Zelensky while ensuring Europe remains directly involved in future discussions on Ukraine.

On Saturday, three states announced they would deploy hundreds of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., under Joint Task Force - D.C. (JTF-DC) to support President Trump’s D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force. West Virginia committed 300 to 400 Guardsmen, South Carolina pledged 200, and Ohio promised 150, following a request from the U.S. Department of Defense, which has already deployed 800 Soldiers and Airmen from the District of Columbia National Guard to the capital.

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Putin, speaking about Trump, said: “When President Trump claims that if he had been president at the time, there would have been no war… I can confirm that this would indeed have been the case.”

According to The Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Donald Trump told European leaders he is open to offering security guarantees for Ukraine—a notable shift in his position on America’s role in ending the war with Russia—following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. Several European officials briefed on the discussions said Trump conveyed that Putin would not pause hostilities during peace talks and demanded that Ukraine surrender territory in its eastern regions in exchange for freezing the frontline elsewhere. Trump also noted that, according to Putin, any peace agreement would require Western troops on the ground in Ukraine to ensure its enforcement, the officials said.

Marco Rubio announced a halt on all visitor visas from Gaza, stating: “Effective immediately, all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are suspended while we carry out a comprehensive review of the procedures used to issue a limited number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days.”

U.S. media report that documents labeled as State Department materials—allegedly outlining details of the Trump-Putin summit—were discovered in a public printer at an Anchorage hotel. According to NPR, the plans referenced a luncheon in honor of “His Excellency Vladimir Putin” and included a bald eagle statue as a gift.

According to AFP, U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed support for a Russian proposal granting Moscow full control over the Luhansk and Donetsk regions while freezing the frontline elsewhere as part of a potential ceasefire with Ukraine.

The U.S. Navy has deployed the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)—comprised of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), and USS San Antonio (LPD-17), all homeported in Norfolk, Virginia—along with several thousand Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to the southern Caribbean as part of an expanded operation against Latin American drug cartels. In addition, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) will assume control of a nuclear-powered attack submarine, multiple P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, several Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, and a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, providing President Trump with a wide array of military options should he decide to intensify efforts against cartels in South and Central America.