DONALD Trump yesterday insisted Gaza is not just a “US problem” — as Sir Keir Starmer prepared to push him to help end the “unspeakable suffering”.
The US President will host the PM at his Turnberry golf course in Scotland this morning for wide-ranging talks including on the Israel-Hamas war.
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Mr Trump said Israel would have to “make a decision” on its next steps amid kids starving as the crisis worsens.
He complained that “nobody had even acknowledged” his recent aid funding to Gaza.
And he added: “The US is going to do more aid for Gaza, but we’d like to have other countries participate.
“It’s not a US problem — it’s an international problem.”
No10 said Sir Keir would press the President on “what more can be done to secure a ceasefire urgently, bring an end to the unspeakable suffering in Gaza and free the hostages who have been held so cruelly for so long.”
Jordan and the UAE air dropped aid into Gaza yesterday after Israel paused its operations.
Meanwhile Mr Trump hailed a trade deal in which the EU will buy £550billion of US energy and pledge a further £450billion of investment.
The US will impose 15 per cent tariffs on the EU — lower than the 30 per cent he threatened, but still more than the ten per cent Britain pays.
Mr Trump said it was the “biggest deal ever made” and will be “great for cars” and agriculture.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said it was a “good deal” after calling the US President “a tough negotiator”.
Earlier Mr Trump — who found time for a round at Turnberry, escorted by an entourage of staff and Secret Service agents in golf buggies — blasted Europe for erecting so many wind farms.
He said: “We will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States. They’re killing the beauty of our scenery.”
After their talks, Sir Keir and Mr Trump will attend a private dinner of politicians and businessmen in Aberdeen.