Okay, the President of the United States, along with key European leaders there in the East Room,

a true unprecedented gathering of European leadership in the White House, really world leaders,

gathering in the White House at a single moment as President Trump was just talking about the so-called

coalition of the willing meeting today to try and put an end to the

war in Ukraine. The president's suggesting we'll give it our best shot, sounded reasonably

optimistic, in fact, that they were going to make some progress today. Among the headlines

that the president said, as you heard there, we need to discuss possible changes of territory. That's obviously

been a critical sticking point in the negotiating here. This is only a decision, he said,

that can be made by the people of Ukraine and President Zelensky and President Putin. What is

seeming to be a real point of contention is to whether a ceasefire is needed to proceed. I want to bring

in Amon Jabbers, who's been watching all of this unfold. That's what struck me, Amin, the president

repeating numerous times that he doesn't think a ceasefire is necessary anymore

to make progress.

But if you heard some of the other leaders in that room, Chancellor Mertz suggesting,

I don't think we could have a trilateral meeting or take this to that next step without

it, calling it a necessity. President Macron of France dictating that

as well. It's a truce as a necessity, he said. Let's start there.

Yeah, I think it's smart to put your finger on that, Scott, because that was the one area where they did not seem to be on the same page,

and you did detect

a little bit of a disagreement in the room

uh... the idea that merz was saying you know i don't think we can move

forward with the trilateral meeting

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