The White House has announced it as a “Private trip”but the visit of Donald Trump a Scotland From this Friday goes far beyond the mere enjoyment of its golf courses. The president of the United States will take advantage of his stay of Five days In La Nación to hold meetings with some of the main political representatives of the United Kingdom, including Prime Minister, Keir Starmerto deal with issues such as War in Ukrainethe Humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the Tariff battle. Starmer, who has maintained a much less belligerent position with Trump than other international leaders, is confident that the devotion that the president feels for Scotland helps to grease the meeting, despite the programmed protests against the visit.
The prime minister wants to take advantage of the meeting with Trump, scheduled for Monday, to close an agreement as soon as possible to reduce the duty that remain in force on British exports, including 25% levies on steel and the aluminum.
Although the two leaders to eliminate them, there are still some details pending to solve, including the types of steel that would be covered by these exemptions and the involvement of the grupo chino jingye In the British company British Steelwhich was last April. Starmer also wants to avoid the imposition of tariffs on Pharmaceutical industrysomething that in Downing Street they see with optimism.
Gaza and Ukraine
More sensitive will be to address the dramatic situation in Gaza. The pressure on the prime minister so that recognize the Palestinian state It has been increasing this week, even within its own party, following the increasingly hard images that arrive from the strip, where the lack of food and humanitarian aid is suffocating the population.
Starmer has avoided for now and has insisted that the main priority is to reach a high fire, but Israel’s blocking at the entrance of supplies has forced prime minister to harden the tone already threatening new actions against the Binyamin Netanyahu government. The British ‘premier’ will try Address this matter with Trump and avoid making decisions unilaterally that can damage their relationships with Washington.
The situation in Gaza It will also be one of the main issues at the meeting that the US president will maintain with the principal minister of Scotland, John Swinneywho has shown a much firmer position than Starmer. “As the main minister, it is my responsibility to promote our interests, as well as raise global and humanitarian issues of great importance, including the unimaginable suffering that we are witnessing Gaza. We must ensure that the voice of Scotland is heard in the highest government spheres around the world, “said the Scottish leader in a statement issued on the eve of the visit of the US president.
In addition to the situation in Gaza, Starmer and Trump they also plan to talk about the War in Ukraine and the recent ones Conversations between kyiv and Moscow To reach a possible fire. Starmer will try to convince Trump about the need for keep supporting Ukraine Before the lack of will of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to sit at the negotiating table.
He USA to the European Union to supply the Ukrainian army, as well as the direct shipment of military material for a value of 322 million dollarshas been well received by the countries of the continent, who insist on the need to place kyiv in the “Best possible situation” before eventual peace negotiations.
Local protests
Although a part of the visit will be marked by meetings with political leaders, Trump’s main purpose will be Promote the two resorts that he owns in Scotland. Starmer himself plans to move to the luxurious Golf complexes in Turnberry and in Aberdeenwhere the US president plans to inaugurate a New 18 holes field. The visit will be accompanied by a strong security device and will include a Police deployment of huge dimensions, whose cost is estimated to reach the 12 million euros.
Trump has often expressed his devotion to Scotlandplace of birth of his mother and who travels frequently. However, a majority part of the Scots maintain a negative opinion of the American leaderwhose businesses have caused disagreements with local authorities and have fed the Environmental Groups Protests and political activists, who denounce lack of fiscal transparency and treatment of favor in the granting of permits.
The Stop Trump Coalition group has summoned two protests in Edinburgh and Aberdeen against the president’s visit, which is expected to attend thousands of people. Protests that will be expected to be expected Next Septemberwhat will be your second state visit to the United Kingdom.
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