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Trump is staffing U.S. embassies in Europe with loyalists, business execs, donors—and family. What does that say about his foreign policy? #EUConfidential host Sarah Wheaton breaks it down with Ivo Daalder, Suzanne Lynch & (K)nick Niedzwiadek politico.eu/podcast/eu-con…… POLITICOEurope

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President Trump is also back to warning "all hell" will break loose on Hamas if the militant group doesn't do what he says. In the Oval, he said, per Joey Garrison, that if the hostages are not released by noon on Saturday, “all hell is going to break loose.”

“The shame I had for the Americans," French EU commissioner Stéphane Séjourné tells an event of French industry group Medef. JD Vance meeting AfD leader and not Scholz "is an issue for us," he said.

🚨 Exclusive: 🇩🇪's next chancellor Friedrich Merz heads to Paris for surprise talks with 🇫🇷 president Macron — his first post-election trip. With Rasmus Buchsteiner for POLITICOEurope ⬇️ politico.eu/article/friedr…

With Donald Trump signaling a retreat from Europe, the continent faces its biggest security challenge in decades. Can Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz rise to the occasion? 🎧 On EU Confidential, Sarah Wheaton and her guests discuss: ow.ly/Qcvf50V85TL

Problem for many in Brussels: Kellogg is the only Trump person they seem to connect with, yet Kellogg himself seems to have a "disconnect" with WH messaging

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Donald Trump shocked everyone by pausing his tariffs for 90 days (for all countries except China), leaving the EU wondering what game he’s playing. On EU Confidential, Sarah Wheaton unpacks the fallout from the U-turn with Josh Lipsky and Douglas Busvine. 🎧: ow.ly/qNJG50VyKqT

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Trump’s long shadow over Europe — with case studies from 🇩🇪 & 🇷🇴. A chancellor weakened before day one. A MAGA-loving firebrand leads in Bucharest. This week on #EUConfidential with Sarah Wheaton, Tim Ross @timross1.bsky.social, Carmen Paun & Nette Nöstlinger POLITICOEurope politico.eu/podcast/eu-con…

GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt on whether the U.S. should withdraw from NATO: "I think everything should be on the table." "I don't think that's where we're at," but the U.S. "is tired of sort of getting ripped off," he tells Rachael Bade at our Security Summit.

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#EuConfidential: The EU is reviewing its ties with Israel over the Gaza war and fears of famine. Rym Momtaz ريم ممتاز (rmomtaz.bsky.social) joins Sarah Wheaton to explain what’s behind the move. Plus: ex-Irish PM Leo Varadkar on Trump — and what he’s been up to after retiring from politics politico.eu/podcast/eu-con…