Trump made the comments at the start of a White House meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer where Starmer was expected to make his case to the Republican president that American leadership would be critical to maintain the peace in Ukraine should the three-year war end.

President Donald Trump and members of his second administration are continuing their effort to swiftly remodel the federal government, including making far-reaching changes to personnel. On Thursday,

CNN’s Erin Burnett reports on President Donald Trump’s comments that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will not “violate his word” on Ukraine. Trump also appeared to shift his tone from recent days on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting and a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House.

CNN's Boris Sanchez on Thursday identified a "telling moment" during President Donald Trump's joint press event with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The moment came when Trump was asked if Americans would help the United Kingdom if Russia launched an attack on British peacekeeping forces in Ukraine,

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the White House. Starmer's trip, coming a few days after French President Emmanuel Macron's own visit, reflects the mounting concern felt by much of Europe that Trump's aggressive push to find an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine signals his willingness to concede too much to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

European leaders are set to hold an emergency summit Monday on Ukraine amid growing concern that the Trump administration’s push to work with Russia to end the war has left them isolated.

Por Rob Picheta, CNN Es momento de que Keir Starmer haga su jugada. El primer ministro del Reino Unido lleva meses forjando cuidadosamente una relación cordial con Donald Trump. Ha colmado de halagos

Meanwhile the US president says Europe should provide the security guarantees after any ceasefire deal with Russia.

Starmer will seek a "backstop" from the US in exchange for committing UK troops to serve alongside other European militaries as part of a peacekeeping force in Ukraine, the Times says. Trump has indicated there would be limited US support for any such arrangement.

It’s time for Keir Starmer to make his move. Britain’s prime minister has spent months carefully crafting a chummy relationship with Donald Trump. He has showered the US president with flattery since even before his November election win;

If there is a cease-fire without a backstop, it will simply give him the opportunity to wait and to come again,” Keir Starmer warned on the flight to Washington, D.C.