Keir Starmer to visit Canada for security talks after Trump threats

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1. ***From The Times:***

   Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Canada next week to discuss security and economic co-operation after President Trump’s threats to its independence, The Times has learned.

   He will meet Mark Carney, the prime minister, on June 14, against a backdrop of growing tensions between Ottawa and Washington.

   Carney attempted to repair relations on a visit to the White House last month, but was rebuffed last week when Trump doubled tariffs on steel imports to 50 per cent, sparking Canadian warnings of “catastrophic” job losses, factory closures and disruption to supply chains. The UK is the only country that has avoided the 50 per cent tariff after Trump and Starmer struck a deal.

   Trump also warned Canada that, if it remained independent, it would have to pay $61bn to be covered by his proposed Gold Dome missile defence system or “ZERO DOLLARS if they become our cherished 51st State”, he wrote on Truth Social.

2. Top secret

3. I’m sure Starmer is going to give us some sort of half-assed response like “we respect the sovereignty of all nations” while we march along to British institutions and monarchs. Not even offering to strengthen military ties or do anything substantial, pure cowardice.

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