{"id":1709,"date":"2025-08-19T16:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2025-08-19T19:18:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:18:46","slug":"trump-says-he-discussed-missing-children-with-eu-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/trump-says-he-discussed-missing-children-with-eu-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he discussed missing children with EU chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump said late Monday he is in discussion with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, over the issue of missing children<\/a> \u2014 a key concern for Ukrainians after 3 \/12 years of war against Russia. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cUrsula von der Leyen, the distinguished and Highly Respected President of the European Commission, and I have been discussing the massive Worldwide problem of missing children,\u201d Trump wrote in a post<\/a> on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is, likewise, a big subject with my wife, Melania,\u201d Trump added. \u201cIt is a subject at the top of all lists, and the World will work together to solve it, hopefully bringing them home to their families!\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump did not specify whether the discussion centered on the more than 19,000 Ukrainian children who are reported to have been abducted from their homes since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and forced to acclimate to Russian society.<\/p>\n

But the U.S. president noted that the issue is important to first lady Melania Trump, who recently wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin raising concerns about the plight of Ukrainian children.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery child shares the same quiet dreams in their heart, whether born randomly into a nation\u2019s rustic countryside or a magnificent city-center. They dream of love, possibility, and safety from danger,\u201d the first lady wrote in the\u00a0letter<\/a>, which President Trump delivered to Putin ahead of their high-stakes\u00a0summit in Alaska<\/a>\u00a0on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cA simple yet profound concept, Mr. Putin, as I am sure you agree, is that each generation\u2019s descendants begin their lives with a purity \u2013 an innocence which stands above geography, government, and ideology,\u201d the first lady wrote. \u201cYet in today\u2019s world, some children are forced to carry a quiet laughter, untouched by the darkness around them \u2013 a silent defiance against the forces that can potentially claim their future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Putin, you can singlehandedly restore their melodic laughter,\u201d the first lady added.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky \u2014 who was in Washington for a high-stakes summit with President Trump and other European leaders on Monday\u2014 responded to Trump\u2019s Truth Social post by thanking the first lady \u201cfor her attention to one of the most painful and difficult issues of this war \u2014 the abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe deeply appreciate her compassion and her letter to Putin,\u201d Zelensky said in a post on the social platform X<\/a>. \u201dThis issue lies at the heart of the war\u2019s humanitarian tragedy \u2013 our children, broken families, the pain of separation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zelensky said he gave Trump \u201ca letter of gratitude\u201d on Monday to pass along to Melania Trump that the Ukrainian first lady, Olena Zelenska, wrote in response to her counterpart\u2019s plea to Putin.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer voice matters, and her care gives strength to this cause,\u201d Zelensky said about Melania Trump. \u201cWe are working tirelessly to bring every child home. The same applies for our prisoners of war and civilians held in Russia for years, some since 2014, in very bad conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThousands of people still need to be freed \u2013 and this is a part of making peace. We will work to negotiate all-for-all prisoners of war exchange, and we are grateful to have strong friends who help,\u201d he added, tagging the president of the European Commission\u2019s X account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Trump said late Monday he is in discussion with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, over the issue of missing children \u2014 a key concern<\/p>\n

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