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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer

Putin must tread carefully amid hyped up expectations of breakthrough

Keir Starmer and other European leaders meeting Donald Trump at the White House.
Keir Starmer and other European leaders meeting Donald Trump at the White House. Photograph: Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street

The mood in the White House on Monday was strikingly upbeat.

Nato’s ever-cheerful secretary general, Mark Rutte, set the tone as he addressed Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the gathered European leaders. “Let’s make the best out of today,” he said with a smile, before repeatedly thanking the US president for his attention to the war in Ukraine.

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