“Starmer's visit to the White House was presented in the British press as some kind of a great achievement. In reality, Trump was quite scathing toward Starmer. When Starmer made some comment about the US and the UK always standing together, Trump more or less laughed at him and said, ‘Do you think you can take on the Russians on your own?’ … Starmer like the other European leaders are in an almost impossible dilemma, one that they probably never expected to face. And beneath the brave front, they really don’t know what to do.” So writes Keith Bennett in Global Times, 5 March 2025.

Global Times is published by the People’s Daily News Agency, which also publishes People’s Daily.

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