The meeting between Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has just ended. Many topics covered. On the table the future of Ukraine but not only. There was also talk of the Chagos islands and the precious military base Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. That London would like to rent for at least another 99 years. In the oval study the tones are friendly. Tycoon defines Starmer as a “special man”. And then immediately a surprise. The English premier brings a letter with him. The message of the text is clear. “By working together we will strengthen our relationship”. Signed, King Carlo. An official invitation for The Donald to go to the United Kingdom. Trump satisfied it with journalists. Everything seems to go for the best. There is no doubt; The main concerns concern the future of Kiev. Tomorrow Zelensky will be in Washington. The discussed understanding on rare lands will be made official. Meanwhile, Trump continues to reiterate one of his battle horses: “Without biden, there would have been no need to make peace talks”. But on the future he proves confident. Ukraine and Russia will accept a respite. “If we reach an agreement with Moscow, I’m sure it will last,” he exclaimed in a peremptory way. But until there is an agreement, the Tycoon wants to avoid talking about “peace”. And Kiev in NATO to date remains a remote hypothesis
Journalists press him with the questions, but the atmosphere seems more relaxed than in the past. And surprisingly Trump reverses on Zelensky: “Dictator? I can’t believe he really said it,” he exclaimed with his usual grin. On the eve of the meeting, there were many skeptical voices. “It’s not a peer partnership,” commented the BBC. There is no shortage of a background. The US president dominates the conversation. A fixed to the tuft and then mirror his guest: “Will you be able to face Russia alone?” Starmer follows him, almost intimidated. It does not dare the protagonism of the Frenchman Macron. It has only one jolly. “I am very proud of freedom of speech in the United Kingdom,” he reported. The gaze is aimed at Vice President Vance, who in recent weeks has criticized European countries hard.
After the meeting behind closed doors, Trump and Starmer held a joint press conference. The tones oscillate between the formal and the confidentiality. Only the cup of English tea is missing. The tycoon takes the word first. He defines the invitation of King Carlo as “an honor”. Then he stops for a moment and exclaims: “Starmer is a hard bone to negotiate”. And he praises him for having increased the budget destined for defense. Once again, the main object of the discussion focuses on Ukraine. Trump defines it as “senseless war”. The urgency is to reach a ceased the fire as soon as possible. But not only. The US president is convinced that recurrence in article 5 of NATO will not be necessary.
“We will get away, we will get away, we will” continue The Donald. The reference is to the agreement on rare earths, which “will provide the base for a more sustainable future relationship between Washington and Kiev”. In addition to being “mutually advantageous”.
The British Prime Minister does not read congratulations. For Starmer, Trump is a “true friend”, who worked so much to “reach a historic peace agreement”. But not only. The Downing Street tenant wants to underline a point. “There are no more interconnected armies than ours,” he said satisfied. While America and Great Britain will remain once again “side by side to end the war in Ukraine”. Starmer looks like a good school group in front of the professor. And it does not fail to do self -criticism. Leitmotiv remains the same: “Europe must do and spend more”. Meanwhile, a commercial agreement between the USA and England should be concluded quickly. And probably the duties “will not be needed”. Trump in the final part of the conference was keen to reiterate a point. The impressive is to reach an “agreement between Russia and Ukraine”. Only in a second moment it will be possible to discuss the “means suitable for maintaining peace”. However, the Tycoon says “open to many options. And it does not lack optimism. In greeting journalists, he says that two agreements will be reached. One to end the conflict. The other on commercial level. Meanwhile, Zelensky is expected tomorrow in Washington. We will see what happens.
