The US President held a bitter meeting with Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday, which saw Trump axe a planned joint press conference and 'chuck out' his counterpart.

Theatrics are not in his nature, but thinking ahead certainly is. Hence a letter from the King, delivered at just the right moment.

Starmer's sought a U.S. commitment to “backstop” European peacekeeping in Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia, which Trump avoided.