Good morning.
Keir Starmer’s meeting with Donald Trump began as expected: handshakes, backslaps, and warm compliments. Like any good guest, the prime minister did not come empty-handed, offering the president an “unprecedented” second state visit. Starmer was pulling out all the stops to save and protect the decades-old transatlantic alliance. And it seems, for now, that he achieved it: after private talks, Trump affirmed that “the US and UK have a special relationship, very special, really like no other passed down through the centuries. And we’re going to keep it that way. We’re going to keep it very strong as it is.”
