The leaders of France and Britain are both due to meet with President Trump this week. Approaches previously tried with him may no longer work.

The visits come amid a rift between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whom Trump described as a "dictator", that has alarmed Kyiv's European allies, already reeling from a more aggressive U.S. posture on trade, diplomacy and even domestic European politics.

US President Donald Trump has said that French President Emmanuel Macron and UK PM Keir Starmer "haven't done anything" to end the war in Ukraine, ahead of visits from both leaders to the White House next week.

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French President Emmanuel Macron was prepared to present a unified case for Europe when he arrived at the Oval Office on Monday, at a moment when transatlantic ties have rapidly deteriorated.

President Trump is set to meet next week with two key European leaders amid tensions over Trump’s approach to negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. National security adviser Mike Waltz

Vantage on Firstpost | N18G French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Washington next week for high-stakes talks on Ukraine, following emergency EU meetings in Paris.

President Trump made a series of bold predictions about ending the war in Ukraine on Monday as French President Emmanuel Macron joined him at the White House to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.

The two leaders started their day by participating in a more than two-hour virtual meeting with fellow leaders of the Group of 7 economies.

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer will travel to Washington, United States next week amid alarm in Europe over US President Donald Trump’s hardening stance towards Ukraine and overtures to Moscow on the three-year conflict.

French president Emmanuel Macron says he will tell Donald Trump to "not be weak" in the face of Vladimir Putin, when he travels to the White House to discuss America's move to end Russia's war in Ukraine on Monday.