PM appears to have a clear and pragmatic grasp of how to work with Trump
Meanwhile, European leaders are huddling. Sir Keir Starmer had dinner with President Macron at Chequers on Thursday evening, and next month he will be the first UK prime minister for five years to join in a meeting with all his EU counterparts. The Foreign Secretary is constantly travelling, and even the Chancellor Rachel Reeves is in Beijing this weekend.
Trump is flexing his muscles in advance of his return to the Oval Office on 20 January. He has mused out loud about literally making America greater by annexing Greenland and the Panama Canal, and perhaps even Canada. The easy part will be rebranding the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. On Ukraine he appears to be limbering up to do something about his oft repeated over-promise to end the war in a day.No wonder the US’s main allies in Europe are apprehensive.
President Zelensky of Ukraine and his supporters, including the UK Government, are anxious because of Trump’s actions the last time he was in the White House. In his eagerness to get American troops from harm’s way, he went above the heads of the government of Afghanistan to sign the Doha Accord with the Taliban. This led directly to the US withdrawal, the total takeover by the Taliban and to some of the worst human rights abuses in the world.
Standing firm now against Putin would be in the US’s strategic interest. Indeed, it might be the best way to further Trump’s “America First” agenda, by demonstrating that Trump is as strong as he says he is. Some analysts also believe that Putin is in a much weaker position than he purports to be. Trump the dealmaker may get a whiff of this if they ever eye each other across a table.
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