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| Will be the focus of our conversation with Professor McMeekin. | ||
| World War I was triggered in late June of 1914 by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo, Bosnia. | ||
| They were gunned down by a Serbian 19-year-old by the name of Gavrulo Prince. | ||
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Author Sean McMeekin talks about his book, July 1914, Countdown to War, on this episode of BookNotes Plus with our host, Brian Lamb. | |
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| We now want to take you down to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue today, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House. | ||
| It's Kat Zakreski, a Washington Post White House reporter joining us this morning, a morning that it's already a busy day at the White House. | ||
| French President Emmanuel Macron arriving a little bit earlier today. | ||
| What's on the agenda for the French president and President Trump? | ||
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So we're expecting that Ukraine will be a heavy focus of these meetings between the French president and President Trump. | |
| Certainly, you know, the discussion about how President Trump may negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine has dominated the political conversation here at the White House in recent weeks. | ||
| We've seen in just the first month of his second term, Trump really remake the global order and how the United States acts in the world. | ||
| And it's created a lot of fear and anxiety among European leaders. | ||
| And we expect that will be a top topic of discussion between Trump and the French president today. | ||
| Are we going to get one of those bilateral press conferences? | ||
| And if so, what are you expecting with the dynamic that we'll be seeing? | ||
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It will be really fascinating to watch. | |
| I mean, so I recently traveled in December to Macron and Trump's first post-election meeting where they really showed a friendly display, but also President Zelensky from Ukraine was there. | ||
| And there was really a sense that Macron was acting as a unifying force between the United States and Ukraine. | ||
| Obviously, since then, we've seen President Trump falsely accuse Ukraine of starting the war with Russia. | ||
| We've seen him call President Zelensky a dictator. | ||
| And so certainly that will have an impact on his relationship with Macron and how the two may interact today. | ||
| I think during the first administration, there was often talk of, you know, this warm, almost bromance between Macron and Trump. | ||
| But given Trump's recent statements and his posture toward Ukraine, I think we're all watching to see whether that has devolved today. | ||
| And that press conference expected early afternoon look for coverage on the C-SPAN networks. | ||
| Of course, it's a busy day on the C-SPAN networks. | ||
| The House in at noon, the Senate in at three. | ||
| We're expecting that press conference around 2 p.m. | ||
| Kat Zikreski, Not the only European visitor to the White House this week, Keir Starmer, also expected to be at the White House. | ||
| When and what's the topic of conversation when he joins? | ||
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You know, I think the relationship with Keir Starmer is really a fascinating one at this moment. | |
| Obviously, the United Kingdom post-Brexit has a different relationship with the rest of the European Union. | ||
| Keir Starmer, a liberal leader, has been able to position himself as someone who Trump views as a friend and an ally. | ||
| He told reporters when we were on Air Force One during his first trip as president that he had talked to him, and despite the fact that they had very different political views, that he really saw him as an ally. | ||
| And then, you know, certainly during the Munich Security Conference, we heard the UK talk to JD Vance, the Foreign Secretary Lamy, talk about, you know, the need for the country to spend more on defense. | ||
| And certainly that is what Trump wants to hear from these European leaders at this time that he's talking about pulling out of Ukraine. | ||
| And so certainly we're watching for how that relationship evolves at this moment and how the United Kingdom, as one of the wealthier countries across the Atlantic, could play a role in paying more for defense at this time where Trump seems very interested in decreasing the amount of American support there. | ||
| It's Emmanuel Macrone of France today, Kier Starmer later in this week. | ||
| Has there been any response today from the White House about the results of the election in Germany and what that relationship is expected to be like going forward? | ||
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So we saw President Trump strike a somewhat conciliatory tone in his comments congratulating Germany on the results of the election. | |
| Obviously, we had seen in recent weeks Trump's top ally, Elon Musk, really endorsing the AFD, the right-wing party in Germany. |