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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

After the Trump-Zelenskyy spat, Starmer may not have many cards left to play on Ukraine

Starmer and Trump shake hands with wood panelling and US flag behind
Keir Starmer and Donald Trump at their meeting in the White House on Thursday. Photograph: Carl Court/Reuters

As Keir Starmer surveys the wreckage of the US-Ukrainian relationship caused by the Oval Office bar-room fight, the UK prime minister is clearly intent on trying to repair the diplomatic damage, but it may be that the mood of mutual antagonism not just in the US, but in Europe, is too great.

It is not as if Starmer, to use Trump’s blunt phraseology, has many cards left to play. He had already played them, and his hand was not strong enough to prevent the US-Ukraine breakdown.

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