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lay down arms. those are your headlines. the news continues here on l. g 0. after the bottom line, we'll see you then the . ready a hi, i'm steve clements and i have a question. it president trump the leaves, the e u was created, the quote, screw the united states. what does the future hold for european american relations? let's get to the bottom line. the suddenly rush, it is america's friend again, also suddenly, europe is being accused of hypocrisy about it's liberal democracy, and it's being lectured about how it can take uncle sam to be uncle sucker. the us led talks to in the ukraine where are being held without ukraine and european countries were cut out as well. as donald trump argued that they didn't do anything to end the fighting for the past 3 years. so why should they be invited? now, trump says ukraine has no cards to play and now keep assigning concessions on this mineral resources to pay for us aid already received. so is it any wonder that heads are spinning across europe for 80 years? european leaders can safely assume that america was really their ally, or at least their best friend, and then it would always