Trump Hosts Starmer & Hollywood’s Woke Reversal | 2.28.25
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What happened during Trump's meeting with the UK Prime Minister?
Trump hosts the British Prime Minister for an Oval Office meeting centering on peace in Ukraine.
You've created a moment of tremendous opportunity to reach a historic peace deal.
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President Trump vowed Thursday to push ahead with tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and European nations as he hosted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House.
Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest. Hey, Cabot. So Trump hosted French President Macron Monday, as we discussed, and now it's time for Britain's leader. What was the focus of their visit?
Well, the heart of things focused on Ukraine. Speaking ahead of their Thursday meeting, Starmer said, quote, my concern is if there is a ceasefire without a backstop, it will simply give Putin the opportunity to wait and to come again. For his part, Trump says that this new minerals deal with Zelensky will serve as a de facto security guarantee. Here he is during Thursday's meeting.
President Zelensky is coming to see me on Friday, Friday morning. And we're going to be signing really a very important agreement for both sides because it's really going to get us into that country. We'll be working there. We'll have a lot of people working there. It's a backstop, you could say. I don't think anybody's going to play around if we're there with a lot of workers.
More broadly, Trump argues that if Europe is worried about Ukrainian security, then they need to step up their own defense spending. He's called for NATO members to raise defense spending to 5% of their GDP. Stormer responded this week by announcing they'd be increasing their spending to 2.5% of their GDP by 2027 and then 3% by 2025. And while Starmer has made clear in the past he's not a big fan of Trump, he turned on the charm Thursday, saying Trump was the only reason peace in Ukraine was possible and offering him an invitation from King Charles. Have a listen.
This is a letter from His Majesty the King. It's an invitation for a second state visit. This is really special. This has never happened before. This is unprecedented. I think that just symbolizes the strength of the relationship between us.
What tariffs is President Trump planning?
The two also reportedly discussed tariffs. Starmer, like the rest of the world, is looking to avoid Trump's threat of tariffs. But the president said he's not going to budge unless the UK and others lower their own tariffs. He said Thursday that reciprocal tariffs will officially go into effect on April 2nd. Remember, that policy will create customized tariffs for each country we trade with based on the rate they charge us.
Now, on the topic of tariffs, the president also made some news regarding Mexico and Canada yesterday. What's the latest there?
Yeah, at the start of the month, Trump announced those plans for 25% tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican goods. Within days, though, he paused those tariffs after each country vowed to lock down their borders. But evidently, they did not do enough since then. Writing on Truth Social, Trump said, quote, drugs are still pouring into our country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels. We cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the USA. And therefore, until it stops or is seriously limited, the proposed tariffs scheduled to go into effect on March 4th will indeed go into effect as scheduled.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened during Trump's meeting with the UK Prime Minister?
0:03–3:15
2
Why is there a recall effort against California Governor Gavin Newsom?
3:15
3
How is Hollywood responding to viewer demands?
0:37–0:50
4
What is Beam's Dream Powder and how can it help?
0:50–1:35
5
What tariffs is President Trump planning?
1:35–5:33
6
What is the controversy over the Epstein documents?
5:33–14:54
Speakers
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