Willie Geist: It Was an ‘Extraordinary Event’ Seeing European Leaders Come to the W.H. to Show the Importance of Protecting Ukraine

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GEIST: "Yeah, I mean, that’s a major development, saying the United States will support this security guarantee that the president has proposed. We don’t know what it looks like exactly, but as you say, it was an extraordinary event, just to pause and take the 30,000-foot view, to have all the leaders of Europe, of the Western countries, the leader of NATO, the leader of the European Commission, traveling to the White House to show how important this is, not just to Ukraine but to all of Europe and to the Western world, sending a strong signal to President Trump. And obviously, the tone of the meeting was completely different than the one when President Zelenskyy was berated inside the Oval Office a couple of months ago by President Trump and Vice President Vance. Even the Trump-friendly members of the media showed a little more deference to President Zelenskyy. But we'll see. The devil’s in the details. Does Vladimir Putin really want peace? Many people are skeptical of that. Or does he just want to grab the land, which was the intent of his invasion three and a half years ago?"