They are travelling with a mood of collective concern — presidents, prime ministers, and a secretary general, descending on Washington today in a flotilla of flag-draped planes, uneasy that this is what it takes to help ensure their path towards a fair deal isn’t thrown off course.

As one European official told ITV News: "If we assume that Trump only hears the last person in the room, we should make sure that we are the last people in the room."

For the United States, this is a moment of growing alignment — yes, alignment. But not with Britain, Germany, or France, as you might expect.

Because as European leaders travel to the White House with the transatlantic alliance on Ukraine sounding shaky—and their declarations of allegiance at times insincere—it's Washington and Moscow that emerg

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