{"id":34292,"date":"2025-02-25T11:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/first-thing-macron-warns-trump-against-surrender-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:55:31","slug":"first-thing-macron-warns-trump-against-surrender-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/first-thing-macron-warns-trump-against-surrender-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thing: Macron warns Trump against \u2018surrender\u2019 in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US and French presidents disagree over aid and efforts to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine. Plus, are airships the future again?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2018\/sep\/17\/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed\">Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was cordial, at times even warm, but the fracture lines in the transatlantic partnership were clear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what Macron said:<\/strong> \u201cThis peace must not mean a surrender of Ukraine. It must not mean a ceasefire without guarantees. This peace must allow for Ukrainian sovereignty and allow Ukraine to negotiate with other stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what Trump said:<\/strong> \u201cI believe that Emmanuel agrees with me on many of the most important issues. \u2026 Europe must take a central role in ensuring the long-term security of Ukraine.\u201d Trump also said a US-Ukraine minerals deal was \u201cvery close\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How are unions challenging Musk\u2019s moves?<\/strong> Over the weekend, a coalition of groups opposed to the mass layoffs asked a court to prevent reprisals against employees who fail to reply by the deadline set at midnight on Monday. It\u2019s \u201cnot just inappropriate \u2013 it is disruptive to essential government functions,\u201d wrote AFGE\u2019s president.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/25\/macron-warns-trump-against-surrender-in-ukraine-first-thing\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US and French presidents disagree over aid and efforts to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine. Plus, are airships the future again? Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The meeting was cordial, at times even warm, but the fracture lines in the transatlantic partnership were clear. Here\u2019s what &#8230; <a title=\"First Thing: Macron warns Trump against \u2018surrender\u2019 in Ukraine\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/first-thing-macron-warns-trump-against-surrender-in-ukraine\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about First Thing: Macron warns Trump against \u2018surrender\u2019 in Ukraine\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}