Donald Trump has claimed that Sir Keir Starmer 'did nothing' to end the Ukraine war – only a few days before he welcomes the prime minister of the White House.
The US president lashed out to Sir Keir and Emmanuel Macron of France in the midst of a transatlantic spit over Mr Trump Branding Ukraine's Volodymyr Zensky a 'Dictator'.
Those comments held both the Premier and French president, who goes back to Mr Trump's attack on the Ukrainian president and doubled their support for Kiev.
Mr. Macron also warned Mr Trump against 'weak' with the Russian Vladimir Putin, amicable to the US president chosen the side of Moscow during budding peace talks.
The French president has defeated Sir Keir in a diplomatic race for a meeting with Mr. Trump in Washington DC, after his return to the White House last month.
Mr Macron is expected to fly to America on Monday for conversations with the American president, while the prime minister goes to the US later in the week.
But for their visits to meet Mr Trump, the American president has risked a new outbreak of tensions with Paris and London by struck their approach to Ukraine.
In an interview with Fox News, he said: 'They didn't do anything [to end the war]. The war is going on, no meetings with Russia, nothing nothing. '
He added: 'Macron is a friend of mine and I met the prime minister, he is a very nice guy … [but] Nobody has done anything. '
Donald Trump has claimed that Sir Keir Starmer 'did nothing' to end the Ukraine war – only a few days before he welcomes the prime minister of the White House
The American president lashed out to Sir Keir and the French Emmanuel Macron in the midst of a transatlantic spit over Mr. Trump Branding Ukraine's Volodymyr Zensky a 'Dictator'
Macron is expected to fly to America on Monday for conversations with the American president, while the prime minister goes to the US later in the week
Elsewhere in the interview, Mr. Trump also renewed his attack on the Lord Zensky and claimed that Ukraine negotiated with 'no cards'.
“I watched for years and I have seen him negotiate without cards,” said the American president.
“He has no cards. And it makes you sick. It just makes you sick. And I've had it. He has been at a meeting for three years and nothing has been done.
'So I don't think it's very important to be at meetings, to be honest. He makes it very difficult to close deals. '
Trump also claimed that Mr Putin wants to 'close a deal' after the US and Russian officials gathered earlier this week for conversations in Saudi Aarabia.
And he suggested that the Russian president “doesn't have to close a deal” because he could complete an invasion of Ukraine if he wanted. ”
“He wants to close a deal. And he doesn't have to close a deal, because if he wanted, he would get the whole country, “the American president added.
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