President Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday in Scotland, where the two leaders focused on the humanitarian crisis and mass starvation occurring in Gaza.
Trump also said he would announce a truncated deadline for Russia to reach a ceasefire deal in its war with Ukraine, as well as threatening to impose secondary sanctions on Moscow if that didn’t come through.
Starmer joined Trump on Air Force One for another engagement in Scotland after their meeting.
Fresh off Trump’s trade deal with the European Union, announced Sunday, Trump and Starmer also discussed the implementation of the U.S.-U.K. trade deal, agreed to in May.
Trump’s five-day visit to Scotland is a mix of business — trade talk ahead of Thursday’s White House deadline for tariff deals — and pleasure, with the president taking in his golf courses.
In Stockholm on Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent starts the next round of trade meetings with China. Looking even beyond tariffs, a flurry of economic activity this week makes it a significant one. The Federal Reserve announces its next interest rate decision on Wednesday. Between Tuesday and Thursday, the government will release consumer confidence insights, second-quarter GDP data, details on job openings, and the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the PCE index.
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