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Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to face as much as Donald Trump’s “torrent of lies” when he visits the US subsequent week, because the president accused Britain of “doing nothing” to finish the conflict in Ukraine.
As international outrage over the US president’s chaotic place on the battle grows, the prime minister has been issued a stark warning over the state of the transatlantic alliance and has been urged to problem the president within the “strongest doable phrases” when he sits down with him on US soil.
It comes after Mr Trump was extensively condemned for wrongly claiming that Kyiv began the conflict and for describing Volodymyr Zelensky as a “dictator”. In his newest intervention, the US president claimed “no person’s performed something” to finish the conflict, after the US this week started peace talks with Russia that excluded Ukraine.
Requested about subsequent week’s visits by French president Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir to Washington, Mr Trump instructed Fox Information: “They didn’t do something both [to end the war]. The conflict’s occurring, no conferences with Russia, no nothing.”
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Whereas the prime minister has expressed solidarity with Mr Zelensky as “Ukraine’s democratically elected chief”, he has been urged to go additional when he comes nose to nose with Mr Trump subsequent week.
“It is time for Starmer to face up for Britain and our allies in Europe”, Liberal Democrat chief Sir Ed Davey instructed The Unbiased.
Warning that Mr Trump’s phrases “may have been written in Moscow”, Sir Ed added: “Trump accusing Ukraine of being chargeable for the conflict should be the place we draw the road.”
In the meantime, former Tory defence secretary Sir Gavin Williamson stated that “we can not let pretend information and a false narrative develop into accepted”.
“That needs to be rebuffed at each second. And if that causes some folks offence, effectively, that is their drawback”, he instructed The Unbiased.
Their feedback come amid warnings from former Tony Blair spin physician Alastair Campbell that Mr Trump’s attraction to Vladimir Putin is “born of his want to be each bit as wealthy, unchecked and authoritarian”.
Mr Trump is a “pathological liar, a narcissist” and is “involved solely about himself, his wealth and his energy”, Mr Campbell wrote in The Unbiased on Friday. He additionally accused the US president of unleashing a “torrent of lies” in regards to the Ukraine conflict.
Nonetheless, Jack Straw, who served as Labour residence secretary from 1997 to 2001 and overseas secretary from 2001 to 2006, warned the federal government towards “advantage signalling” in the case of Mr Trump.
He stated Britain ought to construct on the present relationships between cupboard ministers and the Republican administration, reasonably than posturing.
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“[Trump] is the only strongest particular person on the earth. We’ve set to work spherical that. And I ought to assume the prime minister and the overseas secretary perceive that they’ve set to work round that”, he instructed The Unbiased.
It comes amid rising pessimism over the state of the transatlantic alliance and concern over the Republican’s dedication to defending Europe.
Sir Ed urged the prime minister to simply accept that Mr Trump is “not a dependable companion in Ukraine or Europe’s defence”, calling for Britain to spice up defence spending past 2.5 per cent of GDP.
In the meantime, Sir Vince Cable, former Lib Dem chief and enterprise secretary beneath the coalition authorities, warned that the US “in some ways is an even bigger menace to [Britain] than conventional threats”, pointing to Mr Trump’s resolution to publicly cosy as much as Mr Putin.
Sir Vince warned that the US president’s newest remarks haven’t solely put Britain in “an awfully tough place”, however have additionally made the Western world “look completely ridiculous”. He urged Britain to work extra intently with Europe to realize autonomy on their defence capabilities.
“We have been spending three years giving help to Ukraine, and now all of a sudden, we’re instructed we’re on the flawed aspect”, he stated.
There was rising stress on the prime minister, who’s attempting to behave as a bridge between Europe and the US, to make sure he doesn’t alienate allies within the EU.
Anand Sundar, of the European Council on International Relations (ECFR) assume tank, warned that Europeans ought to “not harbour any illusions in regards to the transatlantic relationship, which has been irreparably broken”.
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“The Trump administration is essentially at odds with European governments ideologically, and no quantity of coddling will change that.
“So whilst they plan Starmer’s journey to DC, the UK authorities wants to instantly begin making ready to defend Ukraine and Europe with out the US”, he instructed The Unbiased.
Whereas he inspired the prime minister to enchantment to the president in non-public, Mr Sundar reminded Sir Keir that Britain’s “geopolitical future can be determined in Ukraine and in Europe, not throughout the Atlantic”.
“That is the place Starmer ought to search for allies”, he added.
The warnings come simply days after European nations met in Paris in a scramble to spice up their defence spending after stress from the US, and to answer Mr Trump’s quickly shifting place on the Ukraine conflict.
American and Russian officers, in the meantime, met in Saudi Arabia for preliminary talks on ending the battle, with none Ukrainian illustration.
Sir Keir, who attended Monday’s Paris assembly, has repeatedly burdened that there may be “no selections about Ukraine with out Ukraine”.
He has referred to as for the US to offer a safety “backstop” to any peace settlement, in addition to proposing sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as a part of a deal. Nonetheless, different European nations have resisted discussing the likelihood.
Whereas Mr Trump has stated he’s “all for” the promise to place British troops in Ukraine, however the US doesn’t have to deploy peacekeeping troops as “we’re very far-off”.
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