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I think he’ll keep his word
When Trump was asked if he trusted President Putin he replied It's like Keir was reminding himself: 'I must laugh at their jokes, mustn't swear, mustn't make a mess of the bathroom,
For Starmer, the move closes the distance between himself and Trump before negotiations, helping to defuse any frostiness."
I think we'll have something, maybe in terms of possibilities, agreed very shortly
It’s very difficult to read anything that’s going on at the top of the administration unless you have a top line to the president,
added the second official He has been focused on this since we got the date confirmed. [It is] the sort of attention to detail in the planning that you would associate with him and which meant he could make the most of the visit.”
A lot of them wake up in the morning just waiting for what [Trump] is going to say today,
said the first official quoted above It’s no secret we’re from different political traditions, but there’s a lot that we have in common. We believe it’s not taking part that counts. What counts is winning.”
Trump flashed a satisfied smile as Starmer said We needed to make sure we were coming with a unified message,
the second official quoted above said The U.S., as it shifts its focus to the Pacific, has made clear it cannot be Europe’s first responder. And by the way, this would be inevitable under an administration from either party.”
Nobody wants to say anything that’s going to embarrass him or be used against us collectively.”
The President’s view is that he is not going to make that same mistake.
We are in a better place today than where we were at the beginning of the week.
He was working hard I’ll tell you that,
the President said admiringly at a press conference in the White House’s East Room later We have had free speech for a very long time in the UK. I’m very proud of that."
However, Sir Keir declared in response We 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."
I see the threats we face and the UK is all in,
said Starmer who had announced an increase in defence spending of 2.5 per cent of GDP for the UK where the entire armed forces are a fraction of the size of the US Marine Corps This is a very special letter. I think the last state visit was a tremendous success His Majesty the King wants to make this even better,
the British PM channeled Trump’s passion for hyperbole – and it worked Or that gives encouragement to regimes like Iran.”
But rather than clash with Trump over Russia he quickly mentioned a mutual enemy (which happens to be supporting the Kremlin in its war against Ukraine) by adding The Prime Minister and I got off to an outstanding start.”