Leo XIV warned that Trump's disparaging remarks about Europe and NATO could fracture the longstanding US-Europe alliance that he considers vital "today and in the future."

Trump said it would be clear 'in a few weeks' whether or not the peace talks had succeeded but claimed the US and Ukraine were 'getting very close' to an agreement

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