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Trump Participates in a Press Conference with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Sep. 18, 2025

September 18, 2025 · The White House · 0:46:48

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What happened

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a joint press conference at Chequers, the prime minister’s country residence in Aylesbury, on September 18, 2025, closing the President’s second state visit to the United Kingdom, carried on the White House channel.

Starmer opened by saying the two leaders had “renewed the special relationship for a new era”: first partners on defense, first partners in trade under the deal struck in May, “and now with the new agreement that we’ve just signed this afternoon, we’re confirming our status as the first partners in science and technology.” The Technology Prosperity Deal, he said, covers technologies “like AI, quantum, and others” and is meant “to ensure it brings real benefits in jobs, in growth, in lower bills.” Business leaders, he said, had responded with “new deals and investment, breaking every record that we have — 250 billion pounds flowing both ways across the Atlantic. That is a record. Expected to create 15,000 jobs here in the United Kingdom,” as he stated the figures. On security, Starmer said the two had discussed how to “build our defenses, further support Ukraine, and decisively increase the pressure on Putin,” and were working together to end the humanitarian catastrophe in the Middle East and free the hostages.

The President thanked the Starmers for their hospitality at Chequers and the King and Queen for Windsor: “Melania and I are tremendously thankful… These are two fantastic people. We will never forget it.” He said “the bond between our countries is like no other anywhere in the world — the United States and the United Kingdom have done more good on this planet than any two nations in human history,” and noted the United Kingdom “was the very first country with which we made a historic trade deal,” calling Starmer a tough negotiator for it.

Why it matters

The Chequers press conference is the state visit’s substantive close: the Technology Prosperity Deal signing, the record investment figure, and the joint Ukraine and Middle East language all enter the record here, in both leaders’ words — the reference point for the scoreboard’s U.K. trade and technology record.

Scoreboard watch

This press conference is a scoreboard reference point: the Technology Prosperity Deal signed September 18, 2025, and the £250 billion two-way investment figure with 15,000 expected U.K. jobs, as stated by the Prime Minister, to be checked against the deal’s published text and the companies’ announcements.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Participates in a Press Conference with Prime Minister Keir Starmer” (official upload, embedded above; the upload’s description places the event in Aylesbury, United Kingdom). All figures and characterizations as stated by the participants in the broadcast.