Posted on 03/24/2025 4:53:20 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Keir Starmer has spoken of how he personally “likes and respects” the US president, Donald Trump, and understands what he is trying to achieve.
The prime minister made the comments in an interview with the New York Times, saying: “President Trump has a point when he says there needs to be a greater burden borne by European countries for the collective self-defence of Europe.”
He said it was a critical moment for the UK and it would not be right to pick either Europe or the US to side with. “Churchill didn’t do it. Attlee didn’t do it. It’d be a big mistake, in my view, to choose now,” he said.
At the same time, Trump’s special envoy said this weekend that Starmer’s plan for a “coalition of the willing” to support a ceasefire in Ukraine was just a “posture and a pose”, and dismissed the idea of him being like Winston Churchill.
Steve Witkoff said the idea was based on a “simplistic” notion of the UK prime minister and other European leaders thinking: “We have all got to be like Winston Churchill.” Witkoff also praised Vladimir Putin, saying he “liked” the Russian president and did not “regard Putin as a bad guy”.
No 10 had no comment on Witkoff’s remarks. But the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that she was “not put off by that”.
“We will need to make sure that if there is a ceasefire it can be enforced, and that’s what our prime minister, along with allies around the world, is trying to secure, and of course the US has got to be an important part of that,” she said.
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Politician, professional liar and destroyer of the UK. You are talking about that Starmer? Don’t turn your back on him for an instant.
Another shape-shifter like Justine Castreaux and Calvin Newscum.
Take, take away our money, please,don’t take away our money.
Rude Trump brutally cuts off humiliated Starmer in middle of answer with 'that's enough'
The reporter was not being “respectful” so Trump was right to do that.
Nonsense.
He doesn’t respect him.
He is afraid of him.+1🇺🇸
I wonder if it’s vice versa.
Starmer is not capable of fixing problems in Britain, but as with so many politicians he will seek headlines and only add to the mismanagement of his nation. He is a blowhard and he deserves a new special relationship he has earned working against Trump.
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