Boris Johnson drums up help for Ukraine with Donald Trump over lavish dinner

Boris Johnson met with Donald Trump final night time over a lavish dinner, throughout which the previous Prime Minister is known to have pressed the problem of help for Ukraine.

A spokesperson for Mr Johnson mentioned he met the previous US president “to debate the state of affairs in Ukraine and the important significance of Ukrainian victory”.

The assembly is known to have taken place yesterday, with Mr Trump final night time telling the New York Times that he was assembly Mr Johnson for dinner.

The former UK Prime Minister’s journey to the United States additionally noticed him meet with Republican politicians in Texas.

Earlier this week, he met with Mr Trump’s former secretary of state Mike Pompeo, as a part of his mission to drum up help for Ukraine.

Throughout Mr Johnson’s premiership and since leaving workplace, he has been a vocal supporter of Ukraine, visiting the war-torn nation a number of instances and calling for the West to supply extra weapons and monetary help.

But Mr Trump has taken a distinct stance, refusing to decide to sending navy support to Ukraine if he returned to the White House.

He additionally wouldn’t say who he thought ought to win the conflict.

Under Joe Biden‘s premiership, the US has dedicated £38billion ($46.65billion) of arms and tools to Ukraine over the previous 12 months, making it the biggest donor of navy support to the nation.

The UK is the second largest donor, having dedicated £5.8billion ($7.16billion).

Despite their differing stances on Ukraine, Mr Johnson and Mr Trump usually have a constructive relationship, with the previous US President describing the UK politician as a “good man” when he grew to become PM.

At the time, he added: “They call him Britain Trump.”

Mr Johnson’s final go to to the United States, in February 2023, noticed him demand extra weapons be despatched to Ukraine in a speech to the Atlantic Council in Washington.

Addressing the assume tank, he referred to as on the West to “give the Ukrainians the tools to finish the job”.

The MP for Uxbridge and West Ruislip mentioned: “When Ukraine wins, we can have ended the fateful ambiguity that allowed Putin to make the catastrophic mistake.”

Hitting again at folks against sending extra weapons to Ukraine, Mr Johnson mentioned: “To those who say we may be somehow denuding our own arsenals by giving this support, I say what is the point of deploying those tanks in the US when the Ukrainians could be using them now to help assure our collective security for decades.”