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K dama has met US president Donald Trump
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in the white house for the first time
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since he re-entered office in January
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and the visit came amid ongoing
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International turmoil over the future of
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Ukraine and the potential impact of
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trade tariffs on the UK economy the
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prime minister's team will likely be
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pleased after the visit appeared to go
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relatively smoothly and with a positive
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set of newspaper headlines from the trip
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but what are the key things we learned
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from the visit firstly to expect another
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state visit by President Trump to the UK
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after D handed him a letter from King
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Charles inviting him to visit Britain
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after the so-called special relationship
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appeared to be under strain in recent
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weeks the invitation appeared to go down
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well with the US leader who is a fan of
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the royal family calling it a great
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great honor and really something sir Kia
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described the letter as really special
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and said the move symbolizes the
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strength of the relationship between us
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speaking this morning Health secretary
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West streeting said the visit would be
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historic and an important moment and
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while there would of course be people
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protesting that that represented one of
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the amazing things about living in a
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democracy what about trade tariffs one
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big task for starma during the US visit
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was to persuade Trump against imposing
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tariffs on Goods imported from the UK
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hiking costs for firms it came after
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Trump vowed to tax aluminum and steel
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coming in from overseas and announced
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25% tariffs on goods from the European
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Union but in an apparent show of success
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Trump told reporters at a joint press
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conference that he thinks the two
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countries could agree on a real trade
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deal that would make tariffs unnecessary
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he called starma a tough negotiator and
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said he had tried to persuade him not to
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impose trade tariffs on the UK adding he
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earned whatever the hell they pay him
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over there however Trump has
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historically proved unpredictable and
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trade deal is far from agreed or certain
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at this point what's happening with
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Ukraine one of the most important
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aspects of st's visit was to continue
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European diplomacy with Trump over
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Ukraine after Russia's invasion of the
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neighboring country 3 years ago during
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the US election campaign Trump said he
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would be able to end the war in one day
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since taking office he has initiated
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talks on a peace deal with
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representatives of Russian leader
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Vladimir Putin and even falsely called
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Ukrainian President Vladimir zalinski a
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dictator and wrongly accused Ukraine of
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having started the war European leaders
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have called for zensky who may sign a
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deal with the us over rights to
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Ukraine's critical minerals to be
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involved in any discussions on his
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country's future and this as well as
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securing American Security guarantees as
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Europe continues to help Ukraine defend
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itself was a key element of trip to
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visit Trump so how did that go Trump has
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suggested if businesses were operating
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in Ukraine thanks to the minerals deal
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with the US that would act as an
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effective back stop against another
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Russian invasion after a ceasefire
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starma was pushing for the US military
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to provide surveillance intelligence and
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potentially war planes for air cover and
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has hiked British defense spending and
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said he is prepared to deploy British
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troops as peacekeepers if the US offers
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security guarantees in Ukraine the PM
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will now meet with 18 European countries
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on Sunday to discuss the war and stress
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the importance of doing and spending
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more in the defense and security of
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Europe starma described the discussion
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with Trump is very productive and Trump
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said the US is working towards a very
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achievable ceasefire and that he has a
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good relationship with zinski who he
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said he did not remember calling a
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dictator in a sign of Trump's increasing
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America First approach he said that the
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British military don't need much help
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calling them incredible soldiers and
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said that they can take care of
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themselves he then appeared to
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contradict himself adding but if they
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need help I'll always be with the
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British okay but they don't need help
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and asked starm if Britain could take
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Russia by yourselves what do you think
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of st's visit to Trump let us know your
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thoughts in the comments
