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What Happened Today – August 18

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, flanked by Trump and allied leaders at the White House, makes Ukraine’s plea for survival in a city patrolled by troops. (Official White House photo)

🔥✈️🇺🇸 Foreign leaders flew into a militarily occupied Washington for a wartime summit, 3½ years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. NATO and EU heads pressed Trump on Ukraine while DC streets sat under armed patrols, restaurants down by one-third, democracy suffocating at home. This is what authoritarian rule looks like. Stopping it is on … Read more