Starmer to meet Trump to discuss Gaza and trade, as minister suggests UK could recognise Palestinian state – UK politics live

PM to meet US president in Scotland as Jonathan Reynolds says it is a case of ‘when not if’ UK recognises Palestinian state Good morning. Keir Starmer has a lead role in the Trump show today. He is flying to Scotland for a meeting with the US president, who is combining a golfing holiday with meetings with leaders like Starmer, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, and John Swinney, Scotland’s first minister. The von der Leyen talks culminated in the announcement of what Trump described as a “powerful” trade deal (albeit one that only means the Trump tariffs won’t damage US-EU trade as much as they otherwise might have done; it is not an improvement on the status quo ante.) It is a case of when, not if. It’s about how we use this moment, because you can only do it once to have a meaningful breakthrough. In this parliament, yes. I mean, if it delivers the breakthrough that we need. But don’t forget, we can only do this once. If we do it in a way which is tokenistic, doesn’t produce the end to this conflict, where do we go to next?