A lip reader has revealed what Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump said to each other when the mics were off at the White House on Thursday.
The US president hailed ‘special’ Sir Keir during an extraordinary meeting to discuss Ukraine‘s future and the role the two countries have in the peacemaking process.
He later told the British prime minister that he ‘loved’ his accent and that he had a very ‘impressive wife’.
Now a lip reader has said President Trump also called Sir Keir ‘handsome’ just after he arrived at the White House.
It comes amid reports of signs of a ‘blossoming bromance’ between the two leaders at the meeting in Washington.
Lip reading expert Jacqui Press told MailOnline that as Sir Keir gets out the car, Trumps says ‘how are you?! Nice to see you here … good journey?’
He then reportedly adds ‘you look good… handsome’ and smiles.
The British Prime Minister nods in agreement as he turns towards Trump and is believed to have said ‘thank you sir, let’s do this Mr President’.
A lip reader has revealed what Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump said to each other when the mics were off at the White House on Thursday
US President Donald Trump greets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the entrance of the West Wing of the White House
At the press conference, Sir Keir said he and Trump had a ‘very productive discussion’ about a US security guarantee for a Ukrainian peace deal
At the keenly anticipated joint press conference, the President Trump gave a loose timeline for his efforts to negotiate with Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine.
He also dropped hints that the UK will be spared from the worst of his tariffs, saying Sir Keir had been ‘working hard’ to convince him over lunch.
Sir Keir, on the other hand, lavished praise on Trump’s efforts to bring peace in Ukraine.
He welcomed a bust of Winston Churchill being returned to the Oval Office, and said they wanted to work together on a ‘new economic deal with advanced technology at its core’.
Pitching himself as a fellow ‘winner’ on stage with Trump, Sir Keir acknowledged that they were from very different political traditions.
But he said they both believed ‘it’s not the taking part that counts, it’s winning… if you don’t win, you don’t deliver’.
In the Oval Office, Sir Keir handed Trump a letter from the King inviting him for an unprecedented second state visit.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is seen meeting Donald Trump during the visit to the White House today
In the Oval Office, Sir Keir handed Trump a letter from the King inviting him for an unprecedented second state visit
Donald Trump meets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House in Washington
The US president has already responded enthusiastically to the invite, saying he would be coming to the UK ‘soon’.
At the press conference, Sir Keir said he and Trump had a ‘very productive discussion’ about a US security guarantee for a Ukrainian peace deal.
Asked if he felt satisfied about the so-called backstop after discussions with Trump, Sir Keir said: ‘I thought we had a very productive discussion.
‘Obviously, as the President says, the deal has to come first. But, yes, our teams are going to be talking about how we make sure that deals sticks, is lasting, and enforced. So, our teams will be talking about that.’
Sir Keir paid tribute to Trump’s ‘personal commitment to bring peace’ in Ukraine and said the UK is ‘ready to put boots on the ground and planes in the air to support a deal’.
He said: ‘We’re focused now on bringing an enduring end to the barbaric war in Ukraine.
‘Mr President, I welcome your deep and personal commitment to bring peace and to stop the killing.
There were signs of ‘bromance’ blossoming between Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump as the pair met at the White House today, a body language expert has said
President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands at the press conference
‘You’ve created a moment of tremendous opportunity to reach a historic peace deal.
‘A deal that I think would be celebrated in Ukraine and around the world. That is the prize. But we have to get it right … it can’t be peace that rewards the aggressor or that gives encouragement to regimes like Iran.
‘We agree history must be on the side of the peacemaker, not the invader.
‘So, the stakes, they couldn’t be higher.
‘We’re determined to work together to deliver a good deal. We’ve discussed a plan today to reach a peace that is tough and fair. That Ukraine will help shape. That’s backed by strength to stop Putin coming back for more.
‘I’m working closely with other European leaders on this and I’m clear that the UK is ready to put boots on the ground and planes in the air to support a deal. Working together with our allies, because that is the only way that peace will last.’
