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We need to defend it." ... The deal must be a lasting deal,
In an interview later with right-wing outlet Fox News, Starmer praised Trump for spearheading moves toward a truce but said ... he said We are a backstop because we'll be over there, we'll be working in the country.
I can see the value in the approach in relation to minerals
Speaking on NBC after his meeting with Mr Trump, Sir Keir said We certainly shouldn't discount the importance of American business interests on the ground in Ukraine.
He later told BBC Radio 4's Today programme I think he will keep his word,
Mr Trump said of the Russian leader My concern is that we know, historically, that Putin might go again,
It's a backstop, you could say. I don't think anybody's going to play around if we're there with a lot of workers,
the president told reporters at the Oval Office earlier Thursday I don't like to talk about peacekeeping until we have a deal,
Trump said during the news conference If that's the case, then we're in a good position to try to promote a negotiation between Russia and Ukraine,
It would be very odd to have a situation where you have the burden shift to Europeans, but not the strategic responsibility and the strategic reflections,
The most important thing is: Do these guys get along? Do they have a common vision?"
Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said about Trump and Starmer If you want peace, you have to talk to both sides."
During the news conference, Trump defended his decision to directly negotiate with Russia without the involvement of Kyiv or European allies as "common sense," saying We agreed history must be on the side of the peacemaker, not the invader,
Starmer said, speaking alongside Trump during their joint news conference We had to go through the Russian hoax together,
he added, in an apparent reference to the U.S. government investigation that examined whether Trump's 2016 presidential campaign illegally coordinated with Russia to sway the outcome of the U.S. election I’ll be going there and we expect to see each other in the near future – we’ll be announcing it,
I can only say that it would be... a pleasure to extend that invitation once again, in the hope that you... some stage be visiting Turnberry [one of Mr Trump’s golf courses] and a detour to a relatively near neighbour might not cause you too much inconvenience
The letter – which could only partly be read – stated The first contact with the new US administration gives some hope
Speaking in Moscow yesterday, he revealed I'm clear that the UK is ready to put boots on the ground and planes in the air to support a deal,
We have to win the peace,
Starmer said at the joint news conference Did I say that? I can't believe I said that."
Earlier in the Oval Office he also walked back an earlier jibe that the Ukrainian was a dictator, saying
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