Overview

• After meeting Zelensky, Trump said Kyiv could regain its prewar borders and “maybe even go further,” calling Russia a “paper tiger.”
• He endorsed a harder NATO line by agreeing allies should shoot down Russian aircraft that violate their airspace.
• Trump urged European states to stop buying Russian energy and accused China and India of financing Moscow through oil purchases, while again floating tough sanctions that remain unimplemented.
• Zelensky praised the comments as a turning point, and Emmanuel Macron welcomed the stance despite broader disagreements exposed in the speech.
• In a mocking address, Trump derided the UN, dismissed climate change as a hoax, attacked European migration policies, and said recognizing a Palestinian state would reward Hamas.