Can the ‘particular relationship’ survive Donald Trump? – podcast | International coverage

It’s a very powerful worldwide relationship the UK has, and for many years has been known as “particular”. Because the second world battle, the UK and the US have thought of themselves the closest allies, working collectively for shared values, with any resentments, variations of opinion or cross phrases saved to non-public channels.

However now Donald Trump is again and he appears eager to throw the standard world order of alliances and enmities into chaos. Keir Starmer’s first assembly with the US president comes at an important juncture for Europe, with the way forward for Ukraine within the stability. “The stakes in the meanwhile couldn’t be larger,” says the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour.

He tells Michael Safi what recommendation Starmer must be receiving from his advisers, together with to maintain issues easy and to not be boring. And what Starmer will likely be making an attempt to realize, particularly by way of clarifying Trump’s latest outpourings round Ukraine. “I feel the important thing factor to search out out is the place does this man lie ideologically,” Patrick says. But when Trump has no allies, solely transactional relationships, how a lot can Starmer hope to realize throughout this assembly?