Trump, EU’s von der Leyen discuss plight of children in war

US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday they spoke about missing children due to conflict as Trump hosted European and NATO leaders in Washington to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, raised the plight of children in Ukraine and Russia in a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, two White House officials said when Trump met Putin at a summit in Alaska Friday. Trump hand-delivered that letter to Putin.

Trump and the European leader “have been discussing the massive Worldwide problem of missing children,” the US president said on social media late yesterday, without mentioning any particular country in his post. “This is, likewise, a big subject with my wife, Melania.”