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5 key moments inside Trump’s ‘big day’ with Zelenskyy, European leaders

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After meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week, President Donald Trump touted that he had a «very good meeting» with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House on Monday.
Trump, who has voiced he would like to put an end to mass bloodshed in Eastern Europe, called the multilateral meetings on Monday «a very good, early step for a War that has been going on for almost four years.»
In a Truth Social post after the discussions, Trump wrote, «I had a very good meeting with distinguished guests,» and that «everyone is very happy about the possibility of PEACE for Russia/Ukraine.»
Here are the top five takeaways from the president’s «big day» with European leaders.
1. Smiles all around
Monday’s summit marked a dramatic and noticeable shift from Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s now-infamous Oval Office meeting with Zelenskyy in February.
TRUMP SPARS WITH EUROPEAN LEADER DURING UKRAINE TALKS OVER KEY STEP TO PEACE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures as U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a meeting at the Oval Office of the White House, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, in Washington, D.C., Aug. 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
During that meeting, the leaders were caught on camera getting into a heated argument over several topics, including Zelenskyy allegedly not being sufficiently grateful for U.S. support.
On Monday, all the tension seemed to have disappeared. Both Trump and Zelenskyy were all smiles throughout the day, and the Ukrainian leader received a warm welcome from Trump’s cabinet, including Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Both Zelenskyy and European leaders appeared more at ease with Trump throughout the day and took an optimistic tone. After the meetings, European Union President Ursula von der Leyen posted on X, «We are here, as allies and friends, for peace in Ukraine and in Europe. This is an important moment, as we continue to work on strong security guarantees for Ukraine and a lasting and durable peace.»
2. Wardrobe upgrade
Another marked shift from February was Zelenskyy breaking from his trademark jumpsuit attire to wear a suit, something he even joked with the press about while sitting in the Oval Office with Trump.
Zelenskyy, who has been criticized for wearing casual attire to meetings with world leaders, wore all-black attire, including a button-down shirt and jacket.
TRUMP: ZELENSKYY MEETING NOT ‘END OF THE ROAD’ FOR US SUPPORT IN SECURING A PEACE DEAL

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is greeted by US President Donald Trump upon arrival at the White House West Wing in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
«First of all … President Zelensky, you look fabulous in that suit,» a reporter told Zelenskyy after he sat down with Trump in the Oval Office.
«You look good,» the reporter said before Trump added, «I said the same thing.»
At another point during the Zelenskyy-Trump bilateral press meeting, the Ukrainian president ribbed a reporter for wearing the same suit he had in February.
«You’re in the same suit. You see, I changed, you’re not,» Zelenskyy quipped as both he and Trump burst into laughter.
3. Ceasefire not needed
On a more substantive note, Trump doubled down on his position that a ceasefire is «not needed» to broker a permanent peace between Ukraine and Russia. He cited his recent successes in negotiating peace agreements between other countries across the globe.
«I don’t think you need ceasefire. You know, if you look at the six deals that I settled this year, they were all at war,» Trump said during his press conference with Zelenskyy.
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President Donald Trump and European leaders gather for a multilateral meeting in the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Alexander Drago)
«I didn’t do any ceasefires,» he went on, adding, «And I know that it might be good to have, but I can also understand strategically why, you know, one country or the other wouldn’t want it.»
In a rare tense moment during the day, Trump clashed with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the need for a ceasefire.
Speaking with Trump and other leaders gathered around a large conference table in the White House, Merz said, «To be honest, we all would like to see a ceasefire at the latest from the next meeting on,» adding, «I can’t imagine that the next meeting would take place without a ceasefire. So, let’s work on that.»
He urged the leaders, «Let’s try to put pressure on Russia, because the credibility of this effort, these efforts we are undertaking today are depending on, at least, a ceasefire from the beginning of the serious negotiations from the next step on. So, I would like to emphasize this aspect and would like to see a ceasefire from the next meeting, which should be a trilateral meeting wherever it takes place.»
In response, Trump shot back that he is determined «to go directly to a peace agreement» without a ceasefire, saying, «Well, we’re going to let the president [Zelenskyy] go over and talk to the president [Putin], and we’ll see how that works out.»
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Smoke rises over the Kyiv skyline after a Russian attack on Monday, July 8, 2024. (AP Photo/ Evgeniy Maloletka)
4. United European front
In addition to Zelenskyy, seven major European leaders were present at the White House on Monday, a rare occurrence signaling a united European front and something Trump called an «honor» for the U.S.
This follows Zelenskyy doubling down on Sunday that Ukraine will not agree to cede Crimea or any of its territory to Russia as part of a peace deal.
«Since the territorial issue is so important, it should be discussed only by the leaders of Ukraine and Russia at the trilateral [talks with] Ukraine, United States, Russia,» Zelenskyy said.
Trump said that though the U.S. would be involved with providing Ukraine with security guarantees after the war’s end, he said going forward, Europe must take much of that «burden.»
«I think that the European nations are going to take a lot of the burden,» Trump said. «We’re going to help them, and we’re going to make it very secure. We also need to discuss the possible exchanges of territory, taking into consideration the current line of contact. That means the war zone, the war line center. Pretty obvious. Very sad, actually, to look at them and negotiating positions.»
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Europe is aware that it will shoulder much of the weight of responsibility tied to various security guarantees — and acknowledged it is necessary in order to preserve each respective country’s safety.
‘HISTORIC MEETING’: GLOBAL LEADERS UNITE IN HOPES OF ENDING THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pose for a family photo amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, at the White House in Washington, Aug. 18, 2025. (Alexander Drago/Reuters)
«In order to have such a long-standing peace for Ukraine and for the whole continent, we do need the security guarantees,» Macron said. «And the first one is clearly a credible Ukrainian army. For the years and decades to come. And the second one is our own commitments. All of us… You can be sure that the Europeans are very lucid about the fact that they have their fair share in the security guarantees for Ukraine, but their own security is clearly at stake in this situation.»
5. Putin on the line
Trump shared that he called Putin after the meetings and that there is already movement on the next step, that is, scheduling a meeting between Zelenskyy and the Russian president. After that meeting, Trump said there would then be a trilateral meeting between Zelenskyy, Putin and himself.
PUTIN STATES UKRAINE WAR WOULDN’T HAVE BEGUN IF TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF BIDEN: ‘CAN CONFIRM’

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
«At the conclusion of the meetings, I called President Putin, and began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelenskyy. After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat, which would be the two Presidents, plus myself,» wrote Trump.
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In another post, Trump called the summit «a big day at the White House.»
«We have never had so many European Leaders here at one time. A great honor for America!!!» he wrote. «Lets see what the results will be???»
Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancy, Emma Colton and Amanda Macias contributed to this report.
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Sospechaba que su marido la engañaba, revisó su computadora y descubrió un horror inimaginable

La historia criminal del mundo sería distinta si los delincuentes fueran fieles a sus parejas. Son muchos los crímenes que se terminan develando porque la pareja del delincuente, con los celos como ariete y el despecho como motor, denuncia a su cónyuge ante las autoridades.
Por estos días la principal noticia local en Marruecos es un caso judicial que acaba de tener sentencia. Una sentencia severa. Veinte años de prisión para un médico prestigioso, un psiquiatra que es identificado con las iniciales S.I. Fue encontrado culpable de violación, explotación sexual, trata de personas y suministro de drogas ilegales. Sus víctimas eran mujeres, todas pacientes suyas.
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El doctor tenía organizado un viaje a París con su esposa, celebrarían su aniversario de bodas en tierras francesas. Pero a último momento él no viajó, adujo problemas laborales. Un aumento de casos en su clínica psiquiátrica, la imposibilidad de abandonar a sus pacientes. Su esposa terminó yendo sola a París pero al regreso puso en marcha su venganza. La mujer sospechaba que el marido le era infiel pero lo que encontró tras su pesquisa excedió cualquier cosa que hubiera imaginado. Logró ingresar a la computadora personal y al teléfono del doctor y halló una serie de videos de contenido sexual. No se trataba de una mera infidelidad. Los videos registraban orgías con muchos participantes, hombres y mujeres, que mantenían relaciones hetero y homosexuales. La mujer identificó de inmediato las sedes de la mayoría de esos encuentros: su hogar y el consultorio de su marido.
La legislación de Marruecos continúa siendo híper conservadora en lo que respecta a las costumbres y libertades sexuales. Todavía está prohibido que parejas compartan la misma habitación de hotel si no están legalmente casadas, las relaciones extramatrimoniales tienen penas de prisión efectiva (un año para solteros y dos para casados o para quien tuviera relaciones con alguien casado) y tres años de cárcel para los que mantengan relaciones homosexuales.
El psiquiatra, ante el aluvión de pruebas y la evidencia incontrastable, no pudo negar su participación en los hechos. (Foto: AP)
Aprovechando las normas marroquíes, con los videos como prueba, la esposa se presentó ante los tribunales y pidió que su marido fuera juzgado por dos cargos: el adulterio y la conducta desviada -tal como rotulan allí a las relaciones homosexuales.
Sin embargo, cuando las autoridades se interiorizaron en el caso, la acusación se agravó considerablemente.
El hombre fue detenido en junio del año pasado cuando se descubrió que la mayoría de las mujeres que participaban en esas orgías filmadas eran sus pacientes.
Muy pronto aparecieron otros videos y se descubrió que los encuentros no sólo se dieron en el domicilio del doctor mientras su esposa viajaba por París. Hubo en su auto, en la clínica en la que trabajaba y hasta en un riad (casa tradicional con varias habitaciones alrededor de un patio con una fuente) situada en la medina, el corazón de Riad. Según la justicia, el médico drogaba a sus pacientes y las entregaba a otras personas para que tuvieran sexo con ellas. (Foto: Pixabay)
En las propiedades del psiquiatra, los investigadores encontraron grabaciones, fotos, drogas, prescripciones médicas adulteradas, lubricantes y juguetes sexuales.
Las mujeres, sus pacientes, habían acudido a él por problemas de adicciones y/o de salud mental. Él les suministraba cocaína, heroína y alucinógenos. No sólo en ocasión de las fiestas sexuales: lo hacía a lo largo de semanas para poder disponer de ellas cuando quisiera. Si alguna objetaba algo, él le decía que las sustancias eran parte de un tratamiento más largo que las iba a sanar para siempre. Alguna de ellas denunció que debido a la adicción en la que fue metida por el médico debió vender su departamento por los deudas que había contraído con los dealers. Algunas grabaciones muestran que en las consultas médicas también abusaba de las pacientes mientras aducía que los besos, tocamientos y penetraciones eran parte de la terapia programada.
Las víctimas que se animaron a presentarse declararon que fueron drogadas y que el doctor las hacía participar de una especie de ritual. Las hacía tocar la cítara, había siempre música regional de fondo y mientras el doctor las obligaba a desnudarse realizaba una especie de ceremonia litúrgica con largos parlamentos que simulaban una plegaria. Disfrazaba las orgías y las violaciones de liturgia. Cuando alguna de las mujeres se resistía o mostraba signos de dudas, el psiquiatra le decía que todo era parte del tratamiento y que no se preocuparan porque ese era un ámbito seguro. La esposa del médico revisó su computadora. Tenía videos de orgías con hombres y mujeres. (Foto: Pixabay)
Uno de los problemas que afrontó la investigación fue el temor de las víctimas. Nadie quería prestar testimonio. De las 10 víctimas identificadas -los investigadores sospechan que hubo más- sólo cuatro declararon y una de ellas lo hizo presionada por la fiscalía que si no se presentaba podía ser ella misma procesada.
Por un lado está el temor a la reacción posterior en una sociedad machista, la posibilidad cierta de que se les cierren muchas (o todas) las puertas en el futuro. A eso se le suma , la vergüenza natural de haber sido objeto de una agresión sexual. Por el otro, la incertidumbre de que un sistema jurídico patriarcal encontrara en algún momento del procedimiento un artilugio para dar vuelta la acusación y que sus testimonios se volvieran contra ellas y fueran acusadas de tener relaciones extramatrimoniales (delito de fornicación en el sistema legal marroquí). Otro factor: los agresores sexuales no suelen ser penados y cuando lo son reciben penas menores y al poco tiempo están en libertad convirtiéndose en un peligro para la vida de las denunciantes. Es como si los jueces marroquíes siempre encontraran un eximente o un atenuante para los agresores sexuales. Marruecos está conmocionado por la condena a 20 años de prisión por violación, explotación sexual, trata de personas y suministro de drogas ilegales a un prestigioso psiquiatra. (Foto: AP)
El diario El País de España en su crónica de este caso recuerda que hace pocos meses una abogada francesa denunció que fue abusada y violada luego de que la sometiera a una sumisión química por tres jóvenes hijos de empresarios poderosísimos en Marruecos. Cuando despertó al día siguiente se encontró con el pantalón mal puesto, la ropa interior desgarrada, lesiones en sus órganos sexuales y magulladuras en el resto del cuerpo. La denuncia provocó un gran escándalo. Los tres hombres adujeron que todo había sido consentido y que los cuatro participantes habían tomado alcohol y cocaína. Unos meses después la mujer retiró la denuncia, el caso quedó archivado y los tres hombres totalmente exculpados.
El caso del psiquiatra se presenta como una excepción o como un cambio radical en el panorama. Porque no sólo el médico fue encontrado culpable. Otras cinco personas fueron condenadas pero con penas más leves. El fotógrafo que registraba las orgías y que, al ser amigo del psiquiatra, también participaba de ellas recibió cinco años de prisión (reconoció que además de registrar los encuentros colectivos también tenía grabados actos sexuales entre él y el psiquiatra: eso agravó su pena). El dueño del Riad de nacionalidad belga y una de las administradores recibieron un año porque conocían la situación y de todas maneras facilitaron el lugar. El enfermero que conseguía las drogas fue condenado a dos años y también el hombre que prestaba su nombre para que le hicieran las recetas de las drogas legales (somníferos y ansiolíticos mayormente) que también les suministraban a las mujeres. El tribunal dictaminó que todas las penas, teniendo en cuenta la naturaleza de los hechos, deben ser de cumplimiento efectivo.

La justicia condenó al psiquiatra a 20 años de prisión decretando que el doctor había abusado de las mujeres aprovechándose de su posición profesional. (Foto: AP)
El psiquiatra, ante el aluvión de pruebas y la evidencia incontrastable, no pudo negar su participación en los hechos. Alegó que la denuncia de su esposa tuvo como único móvil la venganza porque él sospechaba sobre la paternidad del hijo que ella llevaba en la panza y que le había pedido que se realizara un examen de ADN. La mujer desmintió que alguna vez haya tenido lugar la solicitud de ADN. La defensa legal del doctor consistió en afirmar que los encuentros fueron consensuados y que todos los que participaron -puso especial énfasis en las mujeres- lo hicieron por decisión personal, dando su libre consentimiento. Negó haberles suministrado drogas pero decenas de testimonios, múltiples recetas médicas y evidencias requisadas en su casa y en el consultorio lo desmienten contundentemente.
La justicia condenó al psiquiatra a 20 años de prisión decretando que el doctor había abusado de las mujeres aprovechándose de su posición profesional, de la relación asimétrica que se da entre doctor y paciente, que había abusado también de la vulnerabilidad de las mujeres y que luego de drogarlas las había entregado a otras personas para que tuvieran sexo con ellas, lo que además configura el delito equivalente a la trata de personas y la explotación sexual. También lo penó por haber mantenido relaciones homosexuales.
Sólo el tiempo podrá determinar si a partir de este caso, los jueces mostraran firmeza ante los agresores sexuales.
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Iran’s ideological state: faith, fear and favors fuel its vast propaganda and patronage network

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When Benny Sabti was a child growing up in Iran, he remembers receiving an unusual prize at school. «For being an excellent student, I received a Persian translation of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler,» Sabti told Fox News Digital. «They translated Hitler’s book into Persian and distributed it to students.»
The experience stayed with him. Looking back, Sabti, now an Iran expert at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Israel, says it reflected a broader effort by Iran’s ruling clerical establishment to shape how young Iranians viewed politics, religion and the world around them.
Schools, mosques, workplaces and media all became part of an ideological ecosystem designed to reinforce loyalty to the regime. But critics of Iran’s leadership say religion itself was often not the ultimate goal.
«Faith for them is their tool,» Banafsheh Zand, an Iranian-American journalist and editor of the Iran So Far Away Substack, told Fox News Digital. «It’s not the end all to be all. It’s a tool that they can hide behind so that they can carry out all their criminalities.»
Primary school girls in traditional headscarves sit in a classroom, Tehran, Iran, Oct. 1, 1997. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
Religion and power
The Islamic Republic was founded on the doctrine of velayat-e faqih, or «guardianship of the Islamic jurist,» which places ultimate political and religious authority in the hands of the country’s supreme leader.
But Zand argues that in practice the system functions less as a purely religious project and more as a mechanism of political control. «It’s more like a mafia,» she said. «They use faith in order to keep people down.»
According to Zand, ideology is reinforced through a mix of financial incentives and intimidation. «They tried by incentive and money and buying people,» she said.
Programs tied to the Basij, a militia affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), have often provided benefits such as jobs, housing and education to families aligned with the regime.
«If you are poor and you join the Basij, they give you benefits,» Zand said. «But you have to go along with whatever it is that they offer you.»
Ideology embedded in daily life
Sabti says the Islamic Republic built a vast network designed to reinforce ideology in everyday life. «In banks, offices, public spaces and even in the bazaars, regime representatives walk between shops telling people it is time to pray and checking who is not attending,» Sabti said.
Mosques themselves are closely integrated into the political system. Friday prayer leaders often deliver sermons aligned with government messaging.
«There are 16 propaganda bodies in Iran,» Sabti said, describing a network of state institutions responsible for spreading the regime’s interpretation of Islam and the ideals of the Islamic Revolution.
Some institutions also focus on exporting that ideology abroad. «There is a university dedicated to converting Sunnis to Shiism,» he said. «They bring people from Africa and South America to Iran, convert them to Shiism and send them back to export the Shiite Islamic revolution.»
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A Persian-language edition of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
Indoctrination in schools
Schools play a central role in the regime’s ideological system.
«Schools are heavily indoctrinated,» Sabti said. «In civil studies books, Islam was promoted as superior to all other ideologies.»
Religious messaging appears across the curriculum. «You cannot separate any school subject from Islam,» Sabti said. «Not history, not geography. Everything is mixed with ideology. The only thing missing was adding it to mathematics.»
For Sabti, the Mein Kampf episode symbolized the ideological environment students were exposed to. The message, he said, reinforced hostility toward perceived enemies and embedded a political worldview from an early age.
Ideology and hypocrisy
Sabti says the credibility of the system is also undermined by the behavior of Iran’s own elites. «You can see it in the second generation,» he said. «Their children live abroad while the elites live in palaces in Iran and in other countries. It is hypocrisy.»
Zand says ideology has always been reinforced by intimidation. «They make examples out of people in the most vicious possible way,» she said. «It’s fear and manipulation.»
According to Zand, that atmosphere of fear shapes daily life for many Iranians. «Everybody is afraid of the police,» she said. «Everybody is afraid of their neighbors.»
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School children sit together in a classroom while mask-clad and distanced apart from each other, with Iranian national flags on the desk of each, on the first day of school’s re-opening, at Nojavanan school in the capital Tehran on Sept. 5, 2020. (Photo by Atta Kenare / AFP / Getty)
An ideology losing its grip
Despite the regime’s extensive ideological machinery, Sabti believes many Iranians never fully accepted the worldview the government tried to impose.
«Over the years, the indoctrination has stopped working,» he said. «Most of the public does not truly believe it.»
Still, the Islamic Republic remains in power. «The regime maintains control through money, weapons and propaganda,» Sabti said.
Zand agrees the system never fully reshaped Iranian society. Many people, she said, complied outwardly simply to avoid punishment.
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Iranian school girls wearing angel wings hold flags and portraits of Iran’s supreme leaders, past and present, as officials and security forces mark the 37th anniversary of the day in 1979 that the father of Iran’s Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned from exile in France, at the shrine built to house his remains on Feb. 1, 2016 south of Tehran, Iran. (Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
«They won’t have a problem to transfer as long as they realize that the new Iran has no room for the violence and the horrifying characteristics of the Islamist regime,» Zand told Fox News Digital.
She said that beneath the surface, Iran’s cultural identity remained intact even after decades of pressure from the state.
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Noem reveals Trump will have ‘big agreement’ to announce at major summit with world leaders

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Kristi Noem will reportedly join President Donald Trump and 12 Latin American leaders at his resort in Florida for a «Shield of the Americas» summit Saturday after her ouster as the Secretary of Homeland Security and appointment by President Donald Trump to be special envoy for the new coalition of nations.
On Thursday, Trump announced Noem would be exiting her role as Homeland Security secretary and would be appointed a Special Envoy for the «Shield of the Americas,» a summit for which will be held at the president’s resort in Doral, Florida, on Saturday. The new coalition of 13 countries has been formed to advance strategies that will tackle mass illegal immigration, narco-terrorist gangs and cartels.
«After years of neglect, President Trump established the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere. His efforts have been a tremendous success – our southern border is secure, Latin American countries are working with us to defeat the cartels, and illegitimate dictator Nicolas Maduro is facing justice for his crimes in the Southern District of New York – ushering in historic economic cooperation with Venezuela,» said White House spokesperson Anna Kelly ahead of the summit.
«The President has successfully strengthened our relationships in our own backyard to make the entire region safer and more stable, and this weekend’s ‘Shield of the Americas’ Summit will encapsulate all of his work to Make America, and our partners, Strong Again,» she continued.
President Donald Trump greets Argentinian President Javier Milei at the White House in October. ( ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of Trump’s Cabinet, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, will also be at the Saturday summit.
The leaders from other nations who will be present are Argentina’s Javier Milei, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele Ortez, Bolivia’s Rodrigo Paz Pereira, Costa Rica’s Rodrigo Chaves Robles, Panama’s José Raúl Mulino Quintero, and Trinidad and Tobago’s Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Chile’s Jose Antonio Kast, the Dominican Republic’s Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, Ecuador’s Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín, Guyana’s Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Honduras’ Nasry «Tito» Asfura, and Paraguay’s Santiago Peña.

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 14, 2025 (Al Drago for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Noem confirmed Friday, speaking from Nashville, that she will be at the summit, according to the Associated Press. Noem reportedly added that the president will announce «a big agreement» detailing «how we’re going to go after cartels and drug trafficking in the entire Western Hemisphere.»
On Friday, Hegseth led a strategic conference in Doral with representatives of 17 different Caribbean, Central American and South American countries throughout the Western Hemisphere. During the conference, they signed a joint security declaration, reaffirming their commitment to peace and sovereignty in the region. According to a source familiar with the plans for the summit, the president plans to celebrate this achievement with attendees.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
«Secretary Noem helped usher in the most secure border in history, deported hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal aliens, and executed record-setting counter-drug operations against cartels. All of this great experience positions Noem well to ensure American preeminence in the entire Western Hemisphere in her new role as Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas,» White House spokesperson Olivia Wales said. «This historic new security initiative, led by Secretary Noem, will advance cutting-edge strategies to defeat narco-terrorist cartels and stop illegal mass migration to make America and the entire Western Hemisphere safer.»
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On Thursday, Rubio said he looked forward to working with Noem as Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, and echoed the comments from the White House about her experience.
«Kristi has achieved incredible results as Secretary of Homeland Security and will be a tremendous asset in our effort to promote security and prosperity in the Western Hemisphere,» Rubio said on X after Trump named Noem to her new post.
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