Commentary: Europe Must Fully Cooperate with Trump’s Ukraine Peace Efforts

Trump and Ukraine

Although a ceasefire to stop the killing in Ukraine appeared closer this week after Ukrainian President Zelensky sent President Trump a letter promising to cooperate with his peace efforts, European states are floating several unhelpful proposals that could hurt the peace process.

Zelensky was supposed to sign a deal at the White House last Friday, giving the U.S. access to his country’s rare earth mineral deposits. However, Zelensky’s insistence on first resolving other issues and his rude behavior during an Oval Office meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance caused him to be booted from the White House and his relationship with Trump to break down.

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State Department to Use AI to Expel Foreign Students Supporting Terrorism

Palestine Protest

The U.S. Department of State reportedly plans to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help identify foreign students who have demonstrated support for Hamas and other terrorist organizations, Axios reported on Thursday.

The technology will be used to review the social media accounts of tens of thousands of student visa holders for pro-terrorism content which may then be used to revoke visa statuses, according to Axios. Violent pro-Hamas protests took over dozens of college campuses since the deadly Oct., 2023 attack on Israel, and the Trump administration has vowed to put an end to the antisemitic demonstrations.

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