Starmer’s meeting with Trump will be PM’s biggest diplomatic test to date

<p>Aides say prime minister will try to balance the UK and Europe’s interests while retaining good relations with unpredictable US president</p><p>The first time Keir Starmer met Donald Trump, the prime minister had a convivial two-hour dinner with the then presidential candidate in his luxury New York apartment, before Trump dimmed the lights to show off the Manhattan skyline.</p><p>The stakes at the two leaders’ second meeting at the White House this Thursday will be much higher. It will take place days after the third anniversary of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/24/first-thing-putin-declares-war-russia-invades-ukraine">Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine</a>, amid tensions at the United Nations and during a turbulent period in transatlantic relations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/24/starmers-meeting-with-trump-will-be-pms-biggest-diplomatic-test-to-date">Continue reading...</a>