Donald Trump left Windsor Castle on Thursday and headed straight to Chequers, where Keir Starmer was waiting to begin 0 had just wrapped up his second formal state visit, but this wasn’t about dinners and 1 Chequers, both men sat down with their delegations from the 2 3 hash out trade, tech, and global security 4 main issue on the table was updating the May 2025 5 prosperity deal, which both sides now want to 6 7 wants the 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum 8 seemed open to it earlier in the week when speaking on Air Force One. “They want to see if they can refine the trade deal a little bit,” he said. “We’ve made a deal, and it’s a great deal, and I’m into helping them.
They’d like to see if they could get a little bit better deal. So, we’ll talk to them.” Trump discusses Putin, war in Ukraine, and a possible ceasefire While talks focused on trade, Trump and Starmer also addressed the Ukraine 9 a press conference at Chequers, Trump said, “The Russia situation, I hope we’re going to have some good news for you coming up.” He added, “Millions of people have died in that war, millions of souls… They’re being killed, and I feel I have an obligation to get it settled for that reason.” Trump then turned the heat on Vladimir Putin, saying, “He’s let me down. He’s really let me down.” This came as a surprise, considering Trump had repeatedly claimed during his 2024 campaign that he could end the war in a single 10 admitted on Thursday that ending the conflict has been harder than expected.
“I’m very honored to tell you that we’ve solved seven wars, seven wars, wars that were unsolvable, wars that couldn’t be negotiated or done,” he said. “The one that I thought would be easiest would be because of my relationship with President Putin, but he’s let me down.” USA Today later checked that “seven wars” comment and found five confirmed ceasefires or agreements, while also pointing out that not everyone credited the White House for 11 announces $204B in foreign investment as talks continue During the visit, the 12 announced £150 billion ($204 billion) in foreign 13 deals span across AI, civil nuclear, financial services, and 14 announcements dropped while Trump and Starmer were still in talks at 15 Edwards, head of BritishAmerican Business, called it a big moment for the U.
K. “From a 16 perspective, they couldn’t really have asked for a better slew of announcements coming over the last three days with the civil nuclear, financial services, and all the AI announcements,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe.” But Edwards warned that words aren’t cash. “Promised dollars” weren’t the same as “actual dollars,” he said, adding that it’s still unclear if the investment will actually show 17 two leaders met after a formal state dinner the night before at Windsor Castle, where Trump addressed British and American officials, business leaders, and 18 called the visit “one of the highest honors of my life” and joked he hoped he’d be the only president to ever get two state 19 Charles returned the favor by complimenting Trump’s “personal commitment to finding solutions to some of the world’s most intractable conflicts.” Join Bybit now and claim a $50 bonus in minutes
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