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President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are holding a joint press conference at the White House on Thursday.

Starmer and Trump were set to discuss the war in Ukraine, and the American president’s proposed tariffs at a meeting earlier.

Trump told reporters that “we will” obtain a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.

Starmer gave Trump an invitation from Britain’s King Charles II for a state visit. It would be Trump’s second state visit to the United Kingdom.

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