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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Why Donald Trump keeps rescuing Keir Starmer from international humiliation

The intervention by Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, on Monday morning to spare the blushes of Keir Starmer was significant. And it follows a deliberate pattern of engagement between a right-wing White House and a centre-left Downing Street that has been in evidence throughout this year.

Things were getting out of hand for the UK prime minister over his involvement in the Middle East peace process.

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