Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby has said the prime minister wants the UK to act as a "bridge" between the US and Europe.
Following the row between Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Starmer was asked about his response to that, and he said "he felt uncomfortable, nobody wants to see that. He kept going back to that line, and he wouldn’t go further than that".
Rigby added: "the reason being he just doesn’t want to poke the bear. He has had meticulous planning going into his meeting with Trump on Thursday, he understands that he wants to do it behind closed doors and he is just not prepared to provoke Trump."
Read the latest: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-live-starmer-trump-defence-ukraine-zelenskyy-aid-war-12593360
SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews
Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews
For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB
Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/
Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog
To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales
