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It's like Keir was reminding himself: 'I must laugh at their jokes, mustn't swear, mustn't make a mess of the bathroom,
Davies said
For Starmer, the move closes the distance between himself and Trump before negotiations, helping to defuse any frostiness."
Bucy addedDid I say that? I can't believe I would say that."
The president
Tea with a side of flattery: UK prime minister Keir Starmer visits Trump”.
Online, the newspaper covered the gathering on its front under the headline
UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer arrived at the White House on Thursday bearing a special envelope for President Donald Trump − a letter from the British King Charles III inviting him to a second state visit,
the newspaper reportedTrump draws laughs with answer to question about calling Zelenskyy a dictator”.
Trump’s news channel of choice indirectly features the meeting on its online front page under the headlineIn Washington, Starmer deployed a mixture of flattery, deference and even a royal invitation for a state visit,
it readTrump sounds warmer tone on Ukraine but stops short of security guarantees
it statedThe President’s view is that he is not going to make that same mistake.
One insider said
We are in a better place today than where we were at the beginning of the week.
One insider said simplyHe was working hard I’ll tell you that,
the President said admiringly at a press conference in the White House’s East Room laterTrump: US workers in Ukraine would be a security ‘backstop’ ... Trump: We’ll end war and strike trade deal with UK”.
says the Guardian while the Times hasStarmer calculated correctly that the puff and pageantry of a state visit with King Charles was bound to appeal to a man who, when he recently wrote on social media, ‘LONG LIVE THE KING!’, had only himself in mind.”
As Washington bureau chief David Smith aptly put in his sketchSecurity guarantees without America are not real security guarantees,
he told the GuardianCould you take on Russia by yourselves?”
During questions about the war in Ukraine, he asked the prime ministerWe have had free speech for a very long time in the UK. I’m very proud of that."
However, Sir Keir declared in responseWe do have a special relationship with our friends in the UK and European allies, but we also know that there have been infringements on free speech that affect not just the British, but also effect American technology companies - and by extension American citizens."
Vance statedIt's a backstop, you could say. I don't think anybody's going to play around if we're there with a lot of workers,
the president told reporters at the Oval Office earlier Thursday
If that's the case, then we're in a good position to try to promote a negotiation between Russia and Ukraine,
O'Hanlon addedI don't like to talk about peacekeeping until we have a deal,
Trump said during the news conference