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United States President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Strmer
British Prime Minister Keir Strmer has asked, alongside Donald Trump, to avoid any agreement that “reward the aggressor” in the negotiations for war in Ukraine. Trump said the truce will happen “now or never.”
on Monday; This Thursday, it was the turn of the British Prime Minister Keir Strmer meet Donald Trump.
At a time when Washington and Moscow started and a possible peace agreement (in meetings that excluded the European Union and the country broken into), Starmer warned Trump that peace that cannot reward the aggressor.
“There is a famous slogan in the UK, after World War II, who says ‘we have to conquer peace’ and that’s what we have to do now, because it can’t be a peace that reward the aggressor or encourage regimes like Iran,” Starmer said at a joint press conference.
Starmer stressed that “The story must be on the peacemaker sidenot the invader, “appealing to a” good deal. “
The meeting takes place a day before Trump meets with the Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyyin Washington, with the intention of signing a pact by which Ukraine will share 50% of the income obtained with Futura Monetization of all natural resources in the country, as a preliminary step towards a controversial peace agreement with Russia.
Stmerer assured that the UK was working closely with European leaders and was prepared to send troops and aircraft to the land to support any possible agreement because, in his opinion, “this is the only way peace will last.”
British Prime Minister noted that his country will give Ukraine “more monetary aid than ever” this year and stressed that he announced this week that the UK will increase your defense budget to 2.5% From Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2027, the biggest increase from the end of the Cold War in response to the global situation created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“We are already one of the largest suppliers of NATO and now we are going much further,” said Stmerer.
Trump says that “it is now or never”
Donald Trump warned that a truce between Russia and Ukraine should be reached “soon” or will never happen.
“I think we have made a lot of progress and I think it is happening quite fast,” Trump told his efforts to end hostilities.
“Either this will happen soon or it won’t happen”he added, at the same press conference with Keir Stmerer.
Trump also manifested trust that the Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not press to restart the war if a truce can be reached.
“I spoke to him, I have known him a long time agowe had to pass together the Russian farce, ”he said.
The mention of “Russia Farce” is a reference to the investigation of the FBI (US Federal Police) and the Special Council of the Justice Department that examined whether Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016 was illegally coordinated with Russia to influence the US election outcome.
Stmerer’s trip, which takes place a few days after the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Trump, reflects the growing concern felt by much of Europe that Trump’s aggressive pressure to find an end to war signals his desire to give too much to Putin.
Trump’s approach to Russia from the United States in Europe.
