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Trump Holds a Press Conference with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom, Feb. 27, 2025

February 27, 2025 · The White House · 0:32:46

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What happened

President Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom at the White House on Feb. 27, 2025, carried on the White House channel. The President announced that he had been notified by letter from King Charles III, delivered through the Prime Minister, of an invitation to a historic second state visit to the United Kingdom - an honor he said had never been extended to one person before - and that he accepted. Starmer confirmed the invitation was unprecedented and said their teams would work together on the visit.

The President said he had updated the Prime Minister on efforts to end the war in Ukraine, describing back-to-back calls with President Putin and President Zelensky and work with the NATO Secretary General, and putting the toll at approximately one million Ukrainians and Russians killed, while saying he believed the number was much higher, as he stated it. On trade, he said the two countries had had great discussions and expected a deal rather quickly, with a very good chance of a real trade deal in which tariffs would not be necessary, as he stated it.

Why it matters

The press conference pairs the second-state-visit invitation - a diplomatic first, accepted on camera - with the administration’s early Ukraine diplomacy account and its opening position on a UK trade deal, each stated jointly with the Prime Minister.

Scoreboard watch

Scoreboard watch: the UK trade-deal expectation as stated on Feb. 27, 2025 (a deal rather quickly, possibly without tariffs) and the accepted second state visit - flagged for the scoreboard editors; the entry itself remains review-gated.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Holds a Press Conference with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom” (YouTube, 2025-02-27) - official description and broadcast transcript as aired.