Nonilex<p>The Oval Office *spat* prompted European <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allies</span></a> to mount a spirited defence of the embattled Ukrainian President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a>.</p><p>On Sat, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>'s top diplomat, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KajaKallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KajaKallas</span></a>, warned that it had "become clear that the free world needs a new leader. It is up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge."</p><p>Friedrich <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merz</span></a>, who is expected to become <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>'s next chancellor, wrote that he stood w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> "in good & testing times", adding: "We must never confuse aggressor & victim in this terrible war."</p>