Mr Macron\u2019s move.<\/a><\/p>\nBoth leaders appeared to be on the same page over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with Britain set to lead a new peace process with American support.<\/p>\n
Asked if he agreed with Mr Netanyahu\u2019s extraordinary claim on Monday that nobody is starving in Gaza, Trump said: \u201cBased on television, I would say \u2018not particularly\u2019, because those children look pretty hungry to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s real starvation, you can\u2019t fake that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He was also critical of Israel\u2019s military tactics in Gaza \u2013 calling the situation \u201ca real mess\u201d \u2013 but he said a sticking point was that Hamas will not release its final 20 Israeli hostages.<\/p>\n
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Starmer with French president Emmanuel Macron and Germany\u2019s chancellor Friedrich Merz, during June\u2019s Nato summit in The Hague (PA)<\/p>\n
Recognition of Palestine has moved up Sir Keir\u2019s agenda in recent days, as Labour MPs demand more pressure on Israel. It is thought to be behind the prime minister\u2019s decision to convene a full cabinet meeting during the summer holiday. <\/p>\n
He is also facing a potential threat on his left flank from Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s new party and its support from \u201cGaza independents\u201d and more than 250 MPs from nine political parties signing a letter calling for recognition of a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n
But some Labour MPs \u2013 including those within the influential Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) \u2013 suggest recognition would be premature and do little to help the peace process.<\/p>\n
Symbolically, Britain\u2019s role in creating the modern state of Israel through the Balfour Declaration of 1926 adds weight to any British recognition of a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n
Sir Keir, who appears to be putting together a peace plan following talks over the weekend with Mr Macron and German chancellor Friedrich Merz, made a point of thanking President Trump over his efforts in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
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Netanyahu was criticised by Trump (AP)<\/p>\n
The prime minister told journalists: \u201cIt\u2019s an absolute catastrophe [in Gaza]. Nobody wants to see that. And I think people in Britain are revolted at seeing what they\u2019re seeing on their screen. So we\u2019ve got to get to that ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Turning to Mr Trump, he added: \u201cThank you, Mr President, for leading on that, and also to just get more and more aid in. And again, America has done a lot on this.\u201d<\/p>\n
The summit also saw the two leaders discuss continuing trade issues from US tariffs, including on steel and Scotch whisky. <\/p>\n
Ukraine was also on the agenda, with Trump saying he is losing patience with Russian president Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever, you have bodies lying all over the street. And I say that\u2019s not the way to do it. So we\u2019ll see what happens with that. I\u2019m very disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inevitably, there were plenty of awkward moments during the post-talks news conference, which lasted for an hour and 12 minutes. At one point, the prime minister sat listening while Mr Trump described London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan as \u201ca nasty man\u201d and gave him advice on tax cuts, energy policy, and how to beat Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n
Sir Keir politely hit back on claims Britain is restricting free speech, and told Mr Trump that Sir Sadiq is his friend.<\/p>\n
However, Mr Trump was clearly pleased that Sir Keir\u2019s wife, Lady Victoria, had joined her husband on the visit to Turnberry, describing her as \u201cthe perfect wife\u201d.<\/p>\n
The two leaders later took Air Force One for the brief flight from Prestwick to Aberdeen for dinner at the president\u2019s other Scottish golf resort, the Trump International Golf Links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-300219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114934528397750907","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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