UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will urge US President Donald Trump on Thursday to supply American army cowl to safe peace in Ukraine and to make it clear to Vladimir Putin that any future Russian aggression could be repelled.
Starmer will use the talks on the White Home — together with one-on-one discussions and a lunch — to reassure Trump that Europe will “step up” and bolster its personal defences, together with offering troops on the bottom to assist safe any peace in Ukraine.
In return he needs Trump to supply a US “backstop” to help a European stabilisation drive in Ukraine, together with air cowl, heavy carry plane, aerial intelligence and missiles. Starmer mentioned that with out such cowl, Vladimir Putin would “come once more” for Ukraine.
Starmer claims he could be a “bridge” between Europe and Trump’s White Home, as he seeks to forestall tensions over the way forward for Ukraine growing right into a full breakdown of the western alliance.
The prime minister introduced a rise in UK army spending from 2.3 per cent of GDP to 2.5 per cent in 2027 — an uplift of £6bn — forward of the White Home assembly, as a sign to Trump of his intent to steer a European rearmament programme.
