Can Europe trust Trump’s vision for peace?

Left, Right & Center

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🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

As peace talks between Russia and Ukraine continue, last week the White House released its National Security Strategy. The strategy, viewed favorably by Moscow, was critical of the European Union and views the suppression of far-right politicians as a threat to peace and democracy in the region, especially in resolving the war in Ukraine. A US-brokered peace plan would see Ukraine cede the Donbass region to Russia, a non-starter for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. President Trump sees it as the best way to end the bloodshed, but the plans have also concerned European leaders. What’s the president’s motivation for peace?

The National Security Strategy also outlined immigration as a threat to European democracy. There were warnings that Europe risked “civilizational erasure" if it failed to curb mass migration. What is the tie between peace and President Trump’s skepticism on migration?

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0:33.6	Hope you're doing well. I am David Green,
0:35.6	and I want to start this week with a
0:37.7	question for all of you. When you hear the word peace, what does it bring up for you? This is a pretty
0:43.7	important question right now on the world stage. President Trump has been pushing a peace plan for
0:50.5	Ukraine. He says he wants to end the bloodshed in that conflict involving Ukraine and Russia.
0:56.7	European allies suggest that this peace deal will only make the world more dangerous and less
1:02.9	peaceful, emboldening Russia, forcing a country Ukraine that is fighting for peace to throw in the towel
1:09.3	and let a bully win, a bully who might well
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