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You don’t have the cards,
he told Mr Zelenskyy – yet President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations,
You are gambling with world war three,
This is the moment for us all to step up and together with our European partners we will go further and faster on defence,
Well, there is a backstop. First, you have European countries, because they’re right there, we’re very far away, we have an ocean between us. But we want to make sure it works.”
In Washington on Thursday, Trump said We need to defend it." ... The deal must be a lasting deal,
In an interview later with right-wing outlet Fox News, Starmer praised Trump for spearheading moves toward a truce but said ... he said The prime minister will use the summit to drive forward European action on Ukraine - signalling our collective unwavering support to securing a just and enduring peace, and a lasting deal, that ensures Ukraine's future sovereignty and security,
Trump 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 headline 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 In Washington, Starmer deployed a mixture of flattery, deference and even a royal invitation for a state visit,
Trump sounds warmer tone on Ukraine but stops short of security guarantees
Macron is a friend of mine, and I’ve met with the Prime Minister and he’s a very nice guy … [but] nobody’s done anything,
The UK is in an impossible position where, on the one hand desperate to maintain the special relationship,
If you’re not in the room to be able to pitch in with your perspective, it may simply never be considered. Now, it’s no guarantee of success, but I think that actually does have value. It’s always important to state the criticality of face-to-face diplomacy.”
Samir Puri, an associate fellow in the UK in the World Programme at Chatham House, said Engaging with Europe is just not their priority at all,
said Max Bergmann, the director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies I think it does matter that you’ve got the you’ve got the country that’s been invaded, Ukraine, and you’ve got the two biggest and most powerful military powers in Europe, the UK and the French, having their president, prime minister, come visit in the same week.”
If that's the case, then we're in a good position to try to promote a negotiation between Russia and Ukraine,
It'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 It would be very odd to have a situation where you have the burden shift to Europeans, but not the strategic responsibility and the strategic reflections,
I don't like to talk about peacekeeping until we have a deal,
Trump said during the news conference
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