Biden will play for high stakes on European trip

President Biden will fly to Brussels Wednesday to begin the most important overseas trip of his presidency so far.

Biden’s itinerary includes a NATO extraordinary meeting, a G7 meeting and a summit of European leaders, all on Thursday, and a one-on-one engagement with the president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, on Saturday.

Suggestions that Biden might meet Ukrainian refugees while in Poland remain unconfirmed for now.

The trip offers both opportunities and pitfalls for Biden, exactly one month into the Russian invasion of Ukraine.