Cameron took a message to Republicans about the importance of supporting Ukraine and strengthening NATO.
The British government is already preparing for a change of power in the United States in the November elections and Donald Trump returns to the presidency.
When Trump won the presidential election in the fall of 2016, he also surprised the British government, which had expected the Democrats Hillary Clinton to win the election. Now Rishi Sun too the government wants to do its homework better and be ready for a change of power in Washington.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron met with Trump in Florida this week before heading to Washington for the official leg of his visit. Sky News describes that Cameron was looking for a first-hand feel of what Trump’s second term would be like.
After meeting the US Secretary of State by Antony Blinken on Tuesday in Washington, Cameron said that meeting with the Republican presidential nominee is completely appropriate.
Cameron recalled that he himself went to meet the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney under the 2012 elections. Earlier this year, Blinken met with the chairman of the British Labor Party Keir Starmer’s.
Topics include NATO and Ukraine
Cameron did not give details about his meeting with Trump, but said that he talked about, among other things, the conflict in the Middle East, support for Ukraine and the future of the military alliance NATO.
Cameron said he talked to Trump about the same things he talks about to everyone.
– I tell everyone that we have to do everything we can this year to get NATO in the strongest possible shape for its 75th anniversary year. And that we get everything (in defense spending) to two percent, we get the new members Sweden and Finland, we get the strongest possible coalition, Cameron said according to ABC News.
Cameron has been interpreted as praising Trump, especially for supporting Ukraine. President Joe Biden The administration’s $60 billion stimulus package has been stalled in the House of Representatives for months due to Republican opposition. Today, Trump’s influence on the Republicans is such that the keys to the solution are estimated to be in his hands.
Cameron also met with congressmen in Washington and urged to accept the aid to Ukraine. Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson he did not meet. Republican Johnson has been at the center of the Ukraine debate because he has not brought the support package to the vote.