European tags who have excelled as Trump whiskers use a common playbook, says Joel Linnainmäki, a researcher at the Foreign Polite Institute.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer In Washington, he stretched to a fine performance as he tried to please the US whimsical president and show that the relationship between the countries is doing well.
I saw the Starmer and the US President Donald Trump The meeting is described by the British magazine The Guardian.
One noteworthy example of this was seen when Starmer dug out of his pocket king Charles Written a letter to Trump.
– This is a letter from his majesty. It is an invitation to another state visit. This is something really special. This has never happened before. This is unprecedented and I think it shows how powerful the relationship of our milk is, Starmer, among other things, carved.
Trump was clearly pleased with the flattering words of the British Minister and responded to the invitation after a moment’s silence.
The video below shows how Trump responded to King Charles, an invitation by Starmer.
Researcher: Macron and Starmer have clearly decided to like Trump
A researcher of the Institute for Foreign Policy Joel Linnainmäki says he has followed Starmer’s visit to the White House.
According to Linnainmäki, the reason for Starmer’s mood is to have bigger interests: in Ukraine, there must be peace that is safe for Europe as a whole. It requires US help.
Also the French president Emmanuel Macron visited the White House on Monday. The European message has been very much coordinated in advance.
– Macron and Starmer have clearly decided that a certain mood and adolescent are needed because the European lever arm on Trump is limited. We want to show that Trump’s concerns and demands will be met by their own actions, says Linnainmäki.
According to Linnainmäki, the invitation letter from Starmer to Trump was a gaming movement calculated from Britain.
– The British know that Trump respects the royal family and keeps them greatly valued, so their package included raising the defense expenditure Charles Invite another state visit, Linnainmäki says.
Trump avoids meeting EU decision-makers
So far, Trump has focused on meeting only government leaders directly. He has avoided meeting EU leaders consistently.
According to Linnainmäki, Trump is very negative about the EU and trading with the Union.
The latest example of bad blood was seen on Wednesday. US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio Attuhi at the last minute of meeting up to Washington, who traveled to Washington, who traveled to the EU’s high external relationships Kaja Kallas with.
Linnainmäki describes Rubio’s act as “a great demonstration of disrespect”.
“This indicates that the Trump administration wants to deal with bilateral relationships, because in these discussions the United States is always a bigger and stronger state,” says Linnainmäki.
The meeting between Starmer and Trump went as well as it can go in this situation, Linnainmäki sums up.
– There were no negative surprises and no back pack was taken. Trump stated that the United States is still committed to Article 5 of NATO. In addition, he refused to repeat Volodomyr from Zelensky the dictator comment it provided.
After meeting Starmer, Trump did not seem to remember that he had called the President of Ukraine a dictator.
Word War with Trump’s immediate circle seems to be paused
The presentation seen in the White House was significantly different from the word exchange between the new US administration and Britain in recent months.
As early Elon Muskin with.
Musk has accused Starmer for being allowed to the actions of pedophiles freely in the UK. He has also threatened use one’s influence For changing the British administration.
In response, Starmer has accused Musk of disseminating disinformation and interfering with European politics.
Musk owns a popular and X message service, which has also been widely used to distribute disinformation and propaganda. He also visibly became visibly involved in the parliamentary elections in Germany, where he campaigned for AFD for the far -right party.