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- Standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump is boosting European governments' poll numbers.
- European leaders publicly confront President Trump over Iran, Ukraine and trade.
- The EU approved €93 billion of retaliatory export measures and saw defense spending surge, cutting the United States’ arms-transfer share to Europe to 58 percent from 64 percent.
- Since March 2025 the United States halted all Kyiv financing, leaving the EU to fund most of Ukraine’s budget.
