British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Foreign Secretary David Lammy attend a welcome reception at the Britain's ambassador's residence on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Carl Co

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday he would increase annual defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and target a 3% level last seen just after the Cold War, a signal to U.S. President Donald Trump that Britain can boost Europe's security.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, and Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp, right, tour Palantir headquarters Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (/Pool Photo via AP)

Starmer’s goals for his trip were to persuade Donald Trump to provide Ukraine with security guarantees in any peace deal and head off duties on British goods while pursuing a rapport with an unpredictable U.

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky are meeting at the White House to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine. The Ukrainian president says there should be "no compromises" with Vla

Their meeting this afternoon comes a day after Trump hosted UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House Last week, US President Donald Trump made headlines by calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" in a social media post.

Keir Starmer is in the air on the way to Washington, where tomorrow he will have his crunch meeting with Donald Trump. The stakes couldn’t possibly be higher.

After the detonation of global diplomacy we saw in the White House on Friday, all eyes are now on Downing Street.

President Donald Trump should force British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to reverse his decision to give away the Chagos Islands.