The president said he had exchanged “pretty strong words” with European leaders, while Russia signaled it saw itself as increasingly on the same page as the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to sign into law a nearly $1 trillion annual defense policy bill, despite its provisions providing new aid to Ukraine and reining in his ability to dial down U.

A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads.

President Donald Trump struck a hard line against his European counterparts in an interview with Politico, blasting leaders as "weak" and claiming their nations are “decaying,” as he criticized their handling of the war in Ukraine and immigration.

Giorgia Meloni cast US President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy as a wake-up call for Europe, while downplaying tensions within her government and reaffirming Italy’s support for Ukraine.

President Trump in an interview published Tuesday railed against what he called “weak” leaders from Europe, complaining that they did not know what to do on migration and trade. Trump

The American national security strategy echoes the language of far-right parties. But hardliners across the Atlantic seem unimpressed.

European Union leaders will gather in Brussels Thursday for a summit that could expose deep fractures in the bloc. The Trump administration has pressured allied governments to abandon a plan using €210 billion in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday said President Trump understands “Europe’s decline” and can see “that Europe has hit the wall of a long economic dead

The Trump administration’s recently released national security strategy was not intended as empty criticism of Europe but was designed to help steer the continent back on track, a top State Department official said.

The S Senate has passed the National Defense Authorization Act in a blistering repudiation of President Donald Trump's increasingly hostile stance on Europe.