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US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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The Pentagon, heaquarters of the US Department of Defense, is seen from the air on February 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (J. David Ake/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump meets with President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on February 24, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (Fred Dufour/AFP via Getty Images)
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14 February 2025, Bavaria, Munich: Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meet for talks at the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2025, in Bavaria, Munich. (Sven Hoppe via Getty Images)
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Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
