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I believe we had a very productive meeting.

There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say.

A couple of big ones that we haven't quite gotten there, but we've paid some headway.

So there's no deal until there's a deal.

Ahead of a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, President Trump

vowed Putin would face very severe consequences if he did not agree to stop the war in Ukraine.

But after the meeting, Trump dropped his demand for a ceasefire.

Today he meets with Ukrainian President Zelensky and European leaders at the White House.

We'll speak with Russia expert, nation publisher Katrina Van de Hovel. Then massive protests in Israel.

Over a million Israelis call for an end to the war in Gaza, ahead of Netanyahu's promised takeover of

Gaza City.

We'll go to Orn Ziv of 972 magazine in Tel Aviv.

Finally, President Trump's called for a far-reaching review of Smithsonian Museum exhibitions

in order to ensure they align with his administration's views on history.

We'll speak with the president of the Organization of American Historians, Harvard Professor

Annette Gordon-Reed.

It's unprecedented.

It goes against the reason the Smithsonian was created as an independent entity that was supposed to follow the truth wherever it led and do history the way historians do it. This is an unprecedented interference with their autonomy. All that and more coming up. Welcome to Democracy Now. Democracy Now.org,

the Warren Peace Report. I'm Mimi Goodman. President Trump's meeting today at the White

House with Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky and the leaders of Britain, Germany, France,

Finland, and Italy, as well as NATO chief, Margarita, and the European Commission President

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