Overview
- In a Politico interview, President Donald Trump called European migration policy a catastrophe, warned some countries may not remain viable, and urged mass expulsions.
- The comments build on the White House’s new National Security Strategy, which frames migration as a threat of European “civilizational extinction” and signals support for “patriotic” actors.
- Trump pressed Volodymyr Zelensky to accept a U.S. peace plan he says the Ukrainian leader has not read, asserting Ukraine is losing the war, while European leaders judge the plan too favorable to Russia.
- Germany’s AfD is deepening outreach to Republican networks: a delegation led by Markus Frohnmaier is meeting GOP figures in Washington before a Young Republicans gala in New York where he was invited to speak and receive an honor.
- Funding details for the AfD trip drew scrutiny as German politicians condemned Trump’s stance and warned against interference in European politics, while the Kremlin publicly welcomed aspects of the U.S. strategy.