Secretary of State Marco Rubio showed irritation Sunday with suggestions that Europe is worried President Trump will bully Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into an unfavorable peace deal, calling it a “stupid media narrative.”

Rubio fired back at CBS “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan when she said there was concern from Europeans that “Zelensky is going to be bullied into signing something away.”

“That's why you have these European leaders coming as backup tomorrow. Can you reassure them?” she said.

“That’s not true,” Rubio responded. “They’re not coming here tomorrow to keep Zelensky from being bullied.”

Rubio said the U.S. has held many more meetings with Zelensky and Ukraine than with Putin, and that Trump has been in regular contact with Zelensky’s allies in Europe.

“They're not coming here tomorrow to keep Zelensky from being bullied,” he said of the leaders coming to the........

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