{"id":248280,"date":"2025-02-27T21:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/inside-the-oval-office-with-donald-trump-and-keir-starmer\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T21:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:29:11","slug":"inside-the-oval-office-with-donald-trump-and-keir-starmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/inside-the-oval-office-with-donald-trump-and-keir-starmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Oval Office with Donald Trump and Keir Starmer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wow. That was a lot.<\/p>\n

I had two tactics going in: one – smile at Donald Trump, try to catch his eye because then he might ask you for a question, and I did get called.<\/p>\n

And two, wear something bright so he sees you in the sea of grey. Well, that worked.<\/p>\n

The colourful approach also really worked for Sir Keir Starmer, who produced a letter from the King<\/a><\/strong> inviting Trump for a second state visit.<\/p>\n

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‘I have a warm spot for the UK’<\/span>
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The US president genuinely seemed utterly delighted.<\/p>\n

He loves the Royal Family, so this was really some smart diplomacy from the prime minister.<\/p>\n

Starmer will be so happy with how that went off, because there were lots of potential landmines on certain areas.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump was charming. He did not get into it with the prime minister on the issue of the Chagos Islands and that deal – he was pretty nice about that. And he did not say anything controversial.<\/p>\n

On tariffs, the president chose to really lay into the European Union and did not really go to town on tariffs when it comes to the UK.<\/p>\n

On Ukraine, he was asked about a peace deal. He thinks it’s going to happen. He was asked about security guarantees. He said: “We’re going to get the deal, and then we’re going to work all of that stuff out.”<\/p>\n

When he was asked about whether he would back up UK troops if necessary – well, he did not say no.<\/p>\n

Read more:
Donald Trump says he will visit UK in ‘near future’<\/a>
Two reasons why Starmer’s meeting with Trump really matters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Overall, it was a pretty good outing for Starmer and the atmospherics were good.<\/p>\n

But blimey – Trump, it is free-flowing. I’ve never been into the Oval Office and had a situation where a president would answer so many questions from journalists.<\/p>\n

In the past with President Biden, it was all very ordered and certain people got to ask questions.<\/p>\n

Here, it really is free-flowing. It was quite an intense session.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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