For the time he arrived for the British prime minister to make his “move”, CNN reports. It is noted that British Prime Minister Kir Starmer arrived in Washington for talks with Donald Trump on a visit that may largely determine the future course of relations between the United Kingdom and the US for the next four years.

Britain’s prime minister has been months to carefully create a friendly relationship with Donald Trump, CNN said, noting that he has “decorated” the US president with flattering comments even before the November election.

Today, Thursday, Starmer could finally get something “tangible” in return. His visit to Washington is the biggest challenge of foreign policy so far for a leader who, at a critical moment for Ukraine’s future, has emerged as a possible bridge: someone who can influence Trump in relation to his conflicting tendencies and communicate him at the same time.

The other scenario is less “pink”: Starmer may find that his attempt had no reversal. He and Trump are not “political companions”. There is a strong gap in their worldviews. Starmer talks about the “special relationship” between Britain and the US at every opportunity. However, they want different things.

“The stakes could not be bigger,” Claire Ainsley, a former executive Starmer’s policymaker, told CNN. “(The visit) is a great test for relations between Europe and the United States, and Europe and the United Kingdom.”

The urgent situation in relation to Ukraine

Trump’s stance on Ukraine has led to uncertainty this transatlantic centuries -old alliance, as he has done with so many others – including US relationship with NATO. The US president attacked Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski and barely responded to European calls, excluding Epirus from negotiations for the end of the conflict.

Starmer follows French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Washington on Monday, trying to “unravel” these confused ties, and will prepare the ground for Zelenski’s trip to Washington on Friday. All three want to secure a version of peace that is satisfactory for Ukraine and Europe: a version that does not sell out the occupied Ukrainian territory and that America will work to maintain.

Britain and France are leading the diplomatic efforts to set up a possible European peacekeeping force, which could enter Ukraine if a ceasefire agreement is agreed, but the plan depends on an American security presence: a support force probably with a centered country.

On Monday, Trump told reporters that “Europe will certify that nothing will happen” after the deal. However, Starmer insisted that Europe could not lift this burden on its own and that American support is the only way to prevent Putin from attacking again. He also repeated it on the flight to Washington, telling reporters that US security guarantees were the only way to prevent Putin from attacking again.

Starmer will try to persuade Trump to include Zelenski in talks about the future of his country. This is Europe’s most fundamental demand. Epirus is strongly concerned about a Moscow agreement that will be imposed on Zelenski.

However, according to CNN, Starmer’s problem is obvious: this visit is much more important to him than to Trump. The president has some time for Europeans. He has threatened to impose significant duties and turned his back on American foreign foreign policy, which had put Europe’s security at the top of Washington’s own priorities.

Starmer gave Trump an important gift before his trip, announcing on Tuesday that Britain would increase its defense spending to 2.5% by 2027 and 3% by the middle of the next decade. This is an unexpected acceleration of his government’s goal and represents huge costs. Experts, in fact, say that the British army is very exhausted.

“We need to change our attitude on national security, because a generational challenge requires a corresponding answer,” Starmer said as he revealed the new policy. “Courage is what our time now requires from us.” Speaking to reporters later, he admitted the obvious: that the events of recent weeks have accelerated this move.

A complicated relationship

Today’s talks will “more” the double approach of Europe to Trump.

On the one hand, Germany’s possible leader Friedrich Mertz said after his victory in the elections on Sunday that Europe should “gain independence” from the US and criticized “outrageous” US interventions in his country’s policy.

On the other hand, Starmer, like Macron and Meloni, are firmly in the other group. He believes that if Trump is convinced, he can come out of Putin’s “tight embrace”.

And there are a few other leaders who can do it. “We are not going to have elections in the near future. We have a stable, center -left government. Therefore, we can play an integral role in these talks, in a way that other leaders may find it difficult to do so, “said Ainsley, the former policy leader.

However, according to CNN, there may be “uncomfortable” questions for Starmer to answer when he and Trump are at a press conference. Many members of his center -left government have previously condemned Trump. When he was a member of the opposition, Starmer himself said Trump’s support to Boris Johnson showed that Johnson “is not suitable for prime minister”.

Last October, then -candidate Trump returned the fire, accusing Starmer’s Labor of the election intervention, having revealed that dozens of activists had campaigning in favor of Kamala Harris.

Since then, Starmer has been trying to “control” any criticism of the president by his people. However, Trump’s recent interventions in Gaza and Ukraine have terrorized the workers more.

“Diplomacy via Twitter is not the usual approach to managing complex geopolitical issues,” one MP told CNN.

According to CNN, Starmer’s visit is generally a challenge for his approach to world affairs. The prime minister wants to be all happy. He disgusted to criticize Trump, “rehearsing” Britain’s collaboration with the Brexit with the European Union, obviously supported Kiev and thawed ties with China.