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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour in Munich

Democrats at Munich security summit to urge Europe to stand up to Trump

Gavin Newsom at the World Economic Forum
Gavin Newsom has told Europeans that ‘grovelling to Trump’s needs’ makes them ‘look pathetic on the world stage’. Photograph: Gian Ehrenzeller/AP

US Democrats will use a security summit this weekend to urge European leaders to stand up to Donald Trump, with the continent divided over how to keep the unpredictable US president on side.

Democrats at the annual Munich Security Conference will include some of Trump’s most outspoken critics, such as the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Arizona senator Ruben Gallego and the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer.

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