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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Keir Starmer back on familiar ground after walk-on part in the Trump show in Egypt

Giorgia Meloni and Keir Starmer listen as Donald Trump speaks at the ceasefire summit in Egypt.
This was The Donald’s peace deal with everyone else reduced to supporting actors. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Keir Starmer has always known that Monday’s visit to Egypt was going to be the Donald Trump Show. After all, almost every day is the Donald Trump Show and there was no way the US president was going to share the limelight on this of all days. The day when the living Israeli hostages were freed, 1,900 Palestinian detainees were freed and the first aid trucks entered Gaza.

This was The Donald’s peace deal. A narcissist is going to narcissise. Everyone else reduced to supporting actors. At best. Keir was relegated to a non-speaking walk on part as an extra. Pushed away after a couple of seconds. Probably preferable to being arm-wrestled like Emmanuel Macron. Though not much.

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