US President Donald Trump has criticized European leaders as 'weak' and suggested the US could scale back support for Ukraine. In a wide-ranging interview with Politico, he said 'decaying' European countries had failed to control migration or take decisive action to end Ukraine's war with Russia, accusing them of letting Kyiv fight 'until they drop'. He argued that Russia held the 'upper hand' and urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to 'play ball' by ceding territory to Moscow. In the UK, Downing Street rejected Trump's claim that Europe had failed to act, citing the UK’s leadership on sanctions and reiterating support for the US-led peace process. Trump claimed ideological divisions now threatened to fracture Washington’s alliances and pointed to political correctness as a barrier for European leaders. His comments align with the recent release of his administration's 33-page National Security Strategy, which raised concerns over Europe's 'civilisational erasure' and questioned some nations' reliability as allies. This rhetoric closely mirrors his earlier UN speech criticizing Western Europe's approaches to migration and clean energy.