European leaders shocked at the Trump administration's erosion of U.S. security guarantees for Europe in favor of Putin's expansionist Russia pledged to "urgently rearm" the continent and turn Ukraine into a fortress.
At an emergency summit in London on Sunday, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Europe is at "a crossroads in history" and must form a “coalition of the willing” – a pointed reminder of European support for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion of Iraq – to secure the continent including Ukraine.