The British Prime Minister Star star set out increasing tensions between White House and Europe for Ukraine on Wednesday, saying that he trusts him Donald Trump and she wants the ‘A special relationship’ he has with the US president to become ‘Even more powerful’.

According to the news.sky.com news network, speaking to reporters ahead of the critical meeting with Trump at the White House, Starmer insisted that the United Kingdom was working “quietly” with the president on the issue of Ukraine.

Asked if he could trust President Trump in the light of what happened in recent weeks, the prime minister replied “Yes”.

‘I have a good relationship with him’, said. “As you know, I have met him, I have talked to him on the phone and this relationship between our two countries is a special relationship with a long history. And as I said, I want to become even stronger. “

But before the British prime minister arrives in Washington, the planning of the trip had a little “riot” as President Trump seemed to think about the prospect of an American military exclusion of Ukraine as part of any peacekeeping – A key request of the United Kingdom and Europe.

‘I’m not going to give security guarantees’said the Trump at the cabinet meeting on Wednesday. “We will let Europe do this because Europe is the neighboring neighbor.”

Trump’s observations appeared to be contrary to those made by Starmer on the way to Washington, as he reiterated how important a US military exclusion in Ukraine will be.

‘We all want a peaceful result’said Starmer. “It must be a constant peace and this requires that we apply an effective security guarantee. What exactly will it be, it is obviously the subject of intense discussion. “

And added: “But the reason I say that US support in Ukraine is so important is that the security guarantee must be sufficient to prevent Putin from attacking again, because my concern is that if there is a ceasefire without support, it will simply give Putin the opportunity to wait for him to wait for him.

While European allies such as United Kingdom and the France They are preparing to put peace troops on the ground to police the Ukraine-Russia border, the leaders were clear that US support is essential to limiting President Putin and securing this support is the main purpose of the British Prime Minister.

The president Zelenski He also called for clear US military support and security guarantees to be part of his agreement with the US on critical minerals, but a framework agreed this week on both sides did not include explicit reference to any such support.

Before traveling to Washington, the British Prime Minister pledged to increase UK defense spending – a key request of all its members NATO by President Trump as he is trying to reduce tensions between Europe and the US and show President Trump that The UK is willing to play the role of.

“In terms of defense and security, we have been a ‘bridge’ for decades because of our special relationship with the US and our faith in our European allies.”said Starmer.

“I was completely determined that we would not choose between one side of the Atlantic and the other. We will work with the US, we will work with our European allies, we have done this for decades, and we will do as much as I am prime minister. “

Starmer also gave the British audience a ‘Message of reassuring’ After his decision to accelerate defense spending in view of Russian aggression, saying he did it to ‘Ensure their safety’ And the increased investment would bring opportunities. “I want to assure the British public that what we are doing is to ensure the security and defense of our country.”

“I also want to be clear that this is an opportunity because, as we increase defense spending, this gives our industrial strategy, jobs across the United Kingdom, well -paid jobs in defense,” the British prime minister concluded.