‘Starmer’s big moment’: can PM persuade Trump not to give in to Putin?

The UK leader has been advised to choose his words carefully at this week's crucial White House meeting

Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talks

When Keir Starmer is advised on how to handle his crucial meeting with Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, he will be told by advisers from Downing Street and the Foreign Office to be very clear on his main points and, above all, to be brief.

Trump gets bored very easily," said one well-placed Whitehall source with knowledge of the president's attention span. When he loses interest and thinks someone is being boring, he just tunes out. He doesn't like [the French president, Emmanuel] Macron partly because Macron talks too much and tries to lecture him."