Olusegun Ariyo
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said President Donald Trump of the United States has a point that European countries must bear a greater burden for their collective self-defence.
Starmer said this in an interview with the New York Times on Sunday.
“We need to think about defence and security more instantly,” he said.
The British prime minister is trying to assemble a multinational military force that he calls a coalition of the willing to keep Ukraine’s skies, ports and borders secure after any peace settlement.
Speaking on Trump, the UK PM said, “On a person-to-person basis, I think we have a good relationship.”
He, however, said that the US leader’s actions, from imposing a 25% tariff on British steel to berating President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, had generated quite a degree of disorientation.
