Mr Trump is expected to push his Ukrainian counterpart towards a peace deal with Moscow during their meeting on Friday, before which he retreated from his comments about Mr Zelensky earlier this month, including describing him as a “dictator”.
Sir Keir will push Mr Trump to accept the proposal for a US backstop as part of the Anglo-French peacekeeping plan in the event that a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia is signed.
Sir Keir was prompted to push back on Mr Trump’s claim that the EU will get back all the money which it gave to Ukraine.
In a meeting with UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, Donald Trump rowed back comments describing Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky as a ‘dictator’.
Asked if the US would come to the UK’s defence in the event of conflict with Russia, Mr Trump said: “I've always found about the British, they don't need much help.
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