Starmer struggles to remain upright under the weight of his contradictions | Zoe Williams
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Sun, 02 Mar 2025 22:26:58 +0200
Despite the White House meltdown, the prime minister claims Trump and Vance are not unreliable allies of EuropeUkraine war live updatesIf I were Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Id be thinking, either Keir Starmer has a fiendishly intelligent and subtle mind, or he is bananas.
Starmer channelled the giants of British history everyone were not embarrassed of basically, Winston Churchill on Sunday.
He said we were at a crossroads in history.
He used the phrase we are gathered here today, which I suppose was literally true, as they were, but also had a strange churchy overtone, as if he were trying to borrow the actual authority of God, and he explicitly yoked together the peace and security of Ukraine with that of everyone all of Europe, but also us Justin Trudeau was there, so presumably Canadas, too.
Pictures of him hugging Zelenskyy ahead were almost tearjerkingly sincere.He was then asked by journalists following Saturday afternoons statement who came at the question from many directions whether he considered the US to be inside or outside his plan for a durable peace, and he was trenchant.
Europe and the US have to stand together and that position must be strong I do not accept that the US is an unreliable ally.
It was an absolute headscratcher because the US does not seek a sovereign Ukraine, safe in perpetuity from Russian aggression.
Donald Trump and JD Vance showed the world what they think of this war on Friday, and they are in an opposite world, Zelenskyy is the one risking the lives of ordinary people, and the war is for him to end while giving up his nations mineral rights to the US and thanking them for the privilege.
That meeting in the White House was easily the most gruesome display of bullying and manipulation that televised geopolitics has ever put on.
So in what world does the guy you just hugged get to walk away proud and sovereign, with US backing In what conceivable world is Trump on the same team as these assembled leaders Continue reading...
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