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Whereas he has at all times been a staunch critic of Donald Trump, British Overseas Minister (and former Prime Minister) David Cameron, in his go to to the US, is planning to satisfy the Republican candidate main in all of the polls.
Cameron will meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in addition to congressional lawmakers immediately to press for an help package deal for Ukraine in addition to talk about the Israel-Gaza struggle.
However earlier than doing so, Cameron will meet former President Donald Trump in Florida, a spokesman for the British authorities's Overseas Workplace mentioned.
This has been described as a 'commonplace apply' engagement with the opposition candidate.
Reuters reported:
“Cameron mentioned final week he would meet with Republican Home of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson to induce him to go a $60 billion navy help package deal for Ukraine, which he has blocked for months.
“Success for Ukraine and failure for Putin are essential to American and European safety,” Cameron mentioned in a press release. He mentioned it was necessary to point out Russian President Vladimir Putin that 'aggression doesn’t assist'.
'This feature will solely embolden Putin in his efforts to re-draw European borders by pressure, and it is going to be heard clearly in Beijing, Tehran and North Korea.'
Cameron is anticipated to satisfy congressional leaders from each the Republican and Democrat events.
At this level, it's unclear what Cameron and Trump will talk about.
“It’s commonplace apply for ministers to satisfy opposition candidates as a part of their common worldwide engagements,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Britain has been a staunch ally of Ukraine since Russia's invasion in 2022, however Cameron will insist that america is the 'keystone' as a result of the tempo and scale of its help for Ukraine is unmatched.'
Cameron needs to extend financial strain on Russia and supply much-needed navy and humanitarian help to Ukraine.
The BBC reported:
“Mr. Trump and his supporters throughout the social gathering oppose the U.S. package deal of help to Ukraine. These within the Home of Representatives have vowed to vote towards the package deal with out first agreeing on extra funding for U.S. border safety .
Lord Cameron has been urging Republicans to approve the help package deal for a while, significantly angering Republican congresswoman and Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor-Greene, who advised the Overseas Secretary to “kiss my ass”.
She was responding to an article written by Lord Cameron wherein he warned the US towards exhibiting 'the weak point displayed towards Hitler within the Thirties.'
In 2015, throughout his tenure as Prime Minister, Lord Cameron described Mr Trump's proposed short-term ban on Muslims getting into the US as 'divisive, silly and unsuitable'.
“In his memoirs printed in 2019, Lord Cameron additional mentioned that he discovered it 'disappointing' that Mr Trump may win the election, and this was because of his 'protectionist, xenophobic, misogynistic interference'.”