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\u00a0European leaders rallied to <\/span>defend<\/span><\/a> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance subjected him to a tirade of withering and infantilizing abuse in the Oval Office. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said: \u201cToday, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It\u2019s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.\u201d In what may prove to be a significant turning point in the tottering post-war Western alliance between Europe and the US, the Europeans pushed back against Washington\u2019s increasing alignment with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Trump\u2019s browbeating of Zelenskyy.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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