Europe's leaders face up to Trump victory at Hungarian summit

Leaders meeting in Budapest will be focused on Russia's war and fears of US isolationism.

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Trump's first term in office saw a dramatic souring of relations. He was angry European countries didn’t pay more towards their own security.

He was livid about the US trade deficit with Europe. And he seemed particularly irate with EU big power Germany on both those counts. Just ask German ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel.

So what will the future Trump presidency mean for the continent? And in particular, for Ukraine?

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is in the Hungarian capital for a meeting of the European Political Community. It was the brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron - launched following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine as a talking-shop to jointly tackle continental challenges.

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