트럼프, 젤렌스키·네타냐후와 ‘생산적’ 회담 — 프랑스 산불 확산
President Trump held separate White House meetings with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Tuesday, as their respective wars showed no signs of ending, while devastating wildfires in southern France forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate.
영어 뉴스에서 외교 관계를 묘사할 때 “daylight”라는 단어를 비유적으로 자주 씁니다. “There is no daylight between the two leaders”는 “두 지도자 사이에 이견이 전혀 없다”는 뜻입니다. 반대로 “daylight has appeared”라고 하면 균열이 생겼음을 암시합니다. 이처럼 추상적 개념에 구체적 이미지를 덧입히는 저널리즘 표현에 익숙해지면 독해력이 크게 향상됩니다.
After a blow-up in the Oval Office last year,
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have been steadily repairing their relationship. They have now met several times this month alone, and Zelenskyy described their latest Oval Office session as a good meeting. He also received a warm reception from more than sixty senators across both parties, signaling broad congressional sympathy for Ukraine’s position.
A key outcome of the meeting was Trump’s apparent commitment to allow Ukraine to follow through on
a license to manufacture Patriot air defense missiles domestically. Immediately after the meeting, Zelenskyy held talks with executives at Lockheed Martin, the maker of the Patriot system. However, experts caution that producing such a complex weapons system could take years, making it far from a quick fix for Ukraine’s immediate battlefield needs.
On the ground, Ukraine’s air defenses are under serious strain. Russia fires drones and missiles across the country every night, and while Ukraine shoots down roughly ninety percent of incoming drones, a growing share of Russian ballistic missiles are now reaching their targets because Ukraine’s Patriot stockpiles are depleted.
Air raid sirens now carry far greater urgency in Kyiv than they did even a few months ago.
The same day Trump met Zelenskyy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House seeking to mend a noticeably strained
relationship. Just days before the meeting, Trump had publicly called Netanyahu “crazy” and bristled when the Israeli leader announced to the world that Iran was rebuilding military capabilities at Pickaxe Mountain — information Trump said the United States already had. Trump notably did not appear publicly alongside Netanyahu, a telling diplomatic signal.
The tension reflects deeper disagreements over strategy in the five-month-old war against Iran. Analysts note that Trump may feel he was dragged into
the conflict by an overly optimistic Netanyahu who underestimated how difficult it would be to neutralize Iran. Despite Netanyahu’s statement calling the session an “excellent meeting with shared goals,” there is no clear consensus on how or when the war should end.
The same evening, Iran launched a surprise missile attack on U.S. forces in the Middle East, though all projectiles were intercepted. American and Saudi forces then struck Iranian-backed militias in Iraq — a rare show of force by Riyadh. The escalation
underscored how volatile the situation remains even as diplomats speak of pauses and negotiations.
Raging wildfires in southern France have forced hundreds of thousands of residents to flee their homes,
making it one of the most destructive fire events in the country’s recent history. Firefighters have been working around the clock to contain the blazes, yet conditions remain extremely challenging as high temperatures, low humidity, and strong winds continue to fan the flames.
A new heat wave bearing down on the region threatens to undermine
the progress firefighters have made, raising fears that the worst may not yet be over. Authorities have urged residents in at-risk zones to follow evacuation orders immediately and not to return until officials declare the area safe.
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