Europe Said No: The Russia Deal Trump Announced Without Europe…

Donald Trump came out of the worst week of his presidency with a very big promise — a sweeping security agreement with Russia that would involve all of Europe. There was just one problem: Europe was never asked. On Thursday 5 November, Trump met Vladimir Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House and announced the deal. On Friday, in Warsaw, the European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas answered for the continent: we already have a European security architecture, Russia keeps breaking the treaties that underpin it, and Putin does not have a veto over European security. Poland's Radoslaw Sikorski called an arrangement above Europe's heads ‘impossible’. Ukraine's Andrii Sybiha said Moscow ‘cannot be the security guarantor for the European continent.’ This is the story of the announcement, the rejection, and what it means for Ukraine — and for a president whose own vice president blames the Iran war for the midterm wipeout. WATCH NEXT: The World Moved On: Beijing, Moscow and Tehran Rewrote the Map… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZZc5fs1d3A Chapters: 00:00 The Announcement 00:45 A Very Big Promise 01:22 The Meeting at the White House 02:09 Europe Answers 03:03 Impossible 04:25 Kallas, In Full 05:18 The Five Objectives 06:03 The Envoy 06:47 Abu Dhabi 08:16 The Price of a Deal 09:01 The World Reacts 09:47 The War Beneath It 11:22 What Europe Wants 17:02 The Verdict Sources: 1. Europe rejects Trump's ‘big beautiful’ security deal with Russia — https://voiceofvienna.org/europe-rejects-trumps-russia-deal-demands-a-voice-in-its-own-security/ 2. EU rejects Trump's proposed Russia deal on European security — https://www.europesays.com/3358628/ 3. Melania hosts Russia and Ukraine as Trump touts deal for ‘all of Europe’ — https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/melania-trump-russia-ukraine-deal-6529891 4. EU says ‘a lot of work’ still needed to reach Ukraine peace deal — https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/eu-says-a-lot-of-work-still-needed-to-reach-ukraine-peace-deal/article71674795.ece 5. Kushner: five principal goals for a broader European security architecture — https://x.com/jaredkushner/status/2118535340898025679 6. ISW: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, 6 November 2026 — https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-6-2026/ 7. White House: Trump gaggle, Palm Beach, 6 November 2026 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz9qiVv6bOA 8. Zelenskyy: Russia lost record 54,400 soldiers in October — https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/11/01/8060731/ 9. Russia suffers record troop losses in October — https://kyivindependent.com/russia-suffers-record-troop-losses-in-october-its-worst-month-since-full-scale-invasion-ukraine-says/ 10. Trump meets Putin envoy, says Ukraine deal is within reach — https://anewz.tv/world/world-news/26372/trump-meets-putin-envoy-says-ukraine-deal-is-within-reach/news