NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte acknowledged President Donald Trump's criticism was correct in an interview with FOX News host Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle." Rutte discussed today's meeting with European leaders at the White House and reiterated,

NATO defense chiefs will hold a virtual meeting to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine as part of efforts to end Russia's war on its neighbor.

Fox News confirmed that Gen. Dan Caine will be hosting military counterparts from Europe on Tuesday evening to discuss Ukrainian security guarantees.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Aug. 18, 2025, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and its European allies to offer Ukraine security guarantee resembling NATO.

TRUMP’S HOT MIC MOMENT: At the end of Monday’s White House meeting with Zelensky and seven European leaders, President Trump was caught on a hot microphone telling French President Emmanuel Macron that he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin would eventually agree to a peace deal as a personal favor to him.

Following the call, the Kremlin played down talk of a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy, as Trump renewed his call for the two leaders to hold a summit and discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

A major shift in security talks came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Ukraine will not join NATO but will still receive protection from Washington. The statement followed his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington,