Lord David Cameron flies to Florida to meet former US President Donald Trump, years after calling him ‘divisive, stupid and wrong’
British Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron flew to Florida last night to meet former President Donald Trump during his diplomatic tour of the US.
Cameron would sit down with the current Republican frontrunner at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. reported the sun.
Cameron is the first senior member of the British government to visit Trump since he left office in 2021.
Cameron has disparaged Trump in the past, calling him “divisive, stupid and wrong” when he was prime minister in 2016.
He later accused the former president, who is facing several civil and criminal cases in courts across America, of being “protectionist, xenophobic and misogynistic.”
It is currently unknown what the pair will discuss, but Cameron is currently in the US on an official trip to boost support for Ukraine while the US House of Representatives bickers over a massive $60 billion military aid package that the Senate has submitted. The upper house of Congress was passed almost two months ago
David Cameron was due to talk to the current Republican frontrunner at his Mar-a-Lago resort
Cameron is the first senior member of the British government to visit Trump (pictured) since he left office in 2021
But a minority of Republicans in the House of Representatives, led by Republican Speaker Mike Johnson, has repeatedly avoided rubber-stamping it, claiming that the security of the U.S. border with Mexico has been viewed by party supporters as is considered a more important problem.
Their stance caused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to warn this weekend that his country will lose the war if the funding is not approved quickly.
Cameron will also meet with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to directly lobby the Biden administration, as well as with Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate.
He made a new plea last night for the US to support Ukraine, saying: ‘Success for Ukraine and failure for Putin are critical to American and European security.
“This will show that borders matter, that aggression does not pay and that countries like Ukraine are free to choose their own future.
The alternative would only embolden Putin in further attempts to redraw Europe’s borders by force, and would be heard clearly in Beijing, Tehran and North Korea.
The US House of Representatives, led by Speaker Mike Johnson (photo), has refused to approve the aid
US President Joe Biden managed to get the Senate to approve the aid
“US support for Ukraine has massively degraded the military capability of a common adversary, losing Russia half of its pre-invasion land combat force and a quarter of its original Black Sea Fleet, while creating jobs at home and strengthening the Western alliance has been strengthened. NATO.’
In recent months, significant reductions in US military aid have put Ukrainian forces at a disadvantage. They have been forced to cede territory to Putin’s soldiers, who have outgunned them by a ratio of six shells to one along some parts of the front line.
However, the Republicans blocking Ukraine financing have earned the support of Donald Trump. The former president, who could return to the White House in 2025, wants an end to the conflict, even on Russian terms.
As the Mail recently revealed, UK funding for Ukraine has fallen compared to that of European allies. German support is expected to triple that of the UK by 2024/2025, also surpassed by donations from Scandinavia.
A local resident walks through the ruins of a house destroyed by recent shelling, which local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military attack
A community worker remains in a crater after rockets hit Kharkov
Lord Cameron’s visit will also increase focus on the Middle East, including the path to a ceasefire in Gaza and increased humanitarian aid, as well as boosting an independent inquiry into the deaths of seven aid workers, including three Britons , in an Israeli drone attack on an aid convoy.
The former prime minister’s interventions have not always been welcomed in the US, with hardline Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly telling Cameron to “kiss my ass” after he urged Congress to pass the aid package in December.
A British spokesperson said: ‘The Secretary of State is on his way to Washington DC where he will hold talks with US Secretary of State Blinken, other Biden administration figures and members of Congress.
“His talks will focus on a range of shared US-British priorities, including securing international support for Ukraine and bringing stability to the Middle East.
Before his visit to Washington, the Secretary of State will meet with former President Trump in Florida today. It is standard practice for ministers to meet opposition candidates as part of their routine international engagements.”