What we know about Trump and Starmer's meeting in Scotland
Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have discussed a range of issues including the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and tariffs as the two world leaders met in Scotland.
The US president hosted the prime minister at his Turnberry golf resort in Ayrshire on Monday near the end of his four-day visit to Scotland.
The two leaders discussed securing food supplies into Gaza and efforts to reach a ceasefire deal, how to bring fighting in Ukraine to a halt, and whether or not the UK will be given more relief from US tariffs.
One day after Trump announced he had agreed "biggest deal ever made' between the US and the European Union on Sunday, Starmer has been looking to secure a reduction on 25% tariffs on imported British steel.
A deal still didn't appear to be on the cards at Monday's meeting, although Trump hinted that the UK would know "pretty soon" whether steel tariffs would be reduced, eliminated or raised to 50% as the US has for other countries.
Here, Yahoo News takes a look at Trump's meeting with Starmer and what the two leaders discussed.
Why is Trump here?
Trump has been visiting his mother's ancestral homeland of Scotland since Friday for a mixture of business and pleasure.
The president has been pictured playing golf at his Turnberry course in South Ayrshire and was also expected to visit his other course on the Menie Estate, north of Aberdeen, during his visit.
He is expected to fly back to Washington on Tuesday (29 July), following his meetings on Monday with Starmer and Scotland's first minister John Swinney.
Later on Monday, Trump will meet SNP leader Swinney, before the pair hold more formal talks on Tuesday as Trump prepares to open a new golf course in Aberdeenshire.
Swinney has vowed to press Trump to exempt Scotch whisky from US trade tariffs, which he says are currently costing the local industry £4m a week.
Swinney also promised to raise the situation in Gaza with Trump, as it was 'causing deep unease and concern and heartbreak within Scotland'.
Asked during his meeting with Starmer about the SNP's push for a second Scottish independence referendum, Trump said he has heard "great things" about Swinney but that he does not want to "get involved" in UK domestic politics.
Is this a state visit?
This four-day trip is not a state visit, although Trump is scheduled to make a state visit to the UK between 17 and 19 September.
It will be a historic first, as Trump is the first elected leader in modern history to be invited back for a second state visit to the UK – the first being in 2019 during his first term as president.
The full details of the visit have not yet been released, but it will include a full ceremonial welcome and a state banquet at St George's Hall in Windsor Castle.
There had been speculation the King would host Trump in Scotland at Balmoral or Dumfries House, after Charles wrote a letter to him in February inviting him to a state visit.
However, it is understood that with the state visit scheduled just a few months later, both sides had agreed to wait until the formal gathering.
Anti-Trump campaigners have said they plan to stage a mass demonstration in central London on the first day of his trip.
Speaking on Monday (28 July), Trump brushed off suggestions he had been snubbed due to his visit being scheduled for party conference season, meaning he won't have a chance to address Parliament.
'As far as Parliament, if he wants me to speak in Parliament, I'll do it. But it doesn't have to be then, it could be some other time. Maybe we should save it for another time," he told reporters.
What have Trump and Starmer been discussing?
Starmer and his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer, were greeted with bagpipes as they arrived at Turnberry shortly before 1pm ahead of talks with Trump.
Trump said the US and UK's so-called special relationship was "unparalleled" as the trio stood on the steps of his hotel before going inside for their meeting.
On the two leaders' efforts to arm Ukraine and force Russia to the negotiating table, Trump suggested he would reduce a 50-day deadline for Moscow to agree to a ceasefire down to "about 10 or 12 days from today".
"There is no reason in waiting", he said, adding that he was "very disappointed" with Putin's continuation of the war.
Trump also praised Starmer's 'very strong stand on immigration' in an apparent reference to the UK's recent deal to return some migrants who arrive via the English Channel back to France.
"Europe is going to is a much different place than it was just five years ago, 10 years ago," he said. "They've got to get their act together.
"If they don't, you're not going to have Europe anymore, as you know it, and you can't do that. This is a magnificent part of the world, and you cannot ruin it."
When asked about tariffs on Scotch whisky, Trump said: 'We'll talk about that, I didn't know whisky was a problem. I'm not a big whisky drinker but maybe I should be.'
Beyond whisky, Trump hinted during the meeting that the UK will know 'pretty soon' whether or not tariffs on steel will increase to 50%, remain at 25% where they currently stand, or be eliminated.
"These people are tough negotiators, OK. We're a big buyer of steel, but we're going to make our own steel and we're going to make our own aluminium for the most part," he said. "But we buy a lot of aluminium from right here and a lot of steel too."
When the UK and US signed a trade deal in June, it reduced tariffs on car and aerospace imports to the US, but an agreement on a similar arrangement for Britain's steel imports was not reached.
Concerns in the US over steel products made elsewhere in the world, then finished in the UK, are said to be among the sticking points on which Starmer will attempt to make progress.
Trump also hinted that the US may not impose heavy tariffs on British pharmaceuticals, despite a plan to bring more of the industry's production back to the United States, telling reporters: "We certainly feel a lot better with your country working on pharmaceuticals for America than some of the other countries that were."
Efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and address the starvation among the Palestinian territory's population was also on Monday's agenda, with Starmer saying people were "revolted at what they are seeing on their screens".
Speaking to reporters, Trump said 'other nations are going to have to step up', adding that the US recently provided $60m worth of food for Gaza and that "nobody even said thank you".
'No other nation gave money, I know the prime minister would, if he knew about it. And he really knows about it now, because we're going to be discussing it," he added.
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During his meeting with Starmer, Trump said Hamas has become "very difficult to deal with in the last couple of days" because they "don't want to give up" the last 20 living hostages.
'We know where they have them, in some cases, and you don't want to go riding roughshod over that area, because that means those hostages will be killed," he said.
The prime minister has condemned Israel for restricting the flow of aid into the territory, alongside the leaders of France and Germany.
Washington has been far less critical of Israel, having provided money to the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has been criticised over the security of its distribution sites, as Palestinians have allegedly be shot at by Israeli troops as they attempt to collect aid.
Trump told reporters that the US would set up food centres in Gaza without fences, where "people can walk in" with "no boundaries".
'We're going to supply funds, and we just took in trillions of dollars, we have a lot of money and we're going to spend a little money on some food," he said.
'And other nations are joining us. I know your nation's joining us, and we have all of the European nations joining us, and others also called and they want to be helpful."
Despite their strong working relationship, there was an awkward moment between the pair inside Trump's hotel when he described London's Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan as a 'nasty person' who has done 'a terrible job'.
"He's a friend of mine, actually," Starmer said, to which Trump replied: "I think he's done a terrible job. But I would certainly visit London."
Trump also waded into UK domestic politics by saying he backed North Sea oil and gas, branding wind turbines 'ugly monsters'.
After their meeting the two leaders will travel on together to a private engagement in Aberdeen.
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US and EU agree trade deal - with bloc facing 15% tariffs on goods into America (Sky News)
Palestinian state recognition is a one shot opportunity for Starmer – but what does he want to achieve? (The Independent)
Scottish Secretary to give Donald Trump 'warm welcome' (The Telegraph)
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