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David Cameron, Britain's former prime minister and current foreign secretary, held talks with Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago Monday as part of efforts to urge Republicans to back a $60 billion Ukraine aid package.
Cameron, 57, is heading to Washington DC for meetings with his US counterpart, Antony Blinken, as well as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell but he's not scheduled to meet President Joe Biden or House Speaker Mike Johnson.
At Tuesday's meeting, Trump and Cameron talked about Ukraine, Israel and Nato's role in the world, reports The Daily Telegraph.
An unnamed official called the meeting 'productive' as the pair also discussed defense spending while highlighting the 'breadth and strength' of the 'special relationship.'
It's Johnson who holds the power to call a vote in congress over the security package. The Louisiana conservative has so far bowed to pressure from Trump and the pro-Putin wing of the Republican Party in not calling for the vote.
One prominent member of the House, Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told Sky News in a February interview that Cameron could 'kiss my ass' after the former PM compared those who did not support Ukraine to the appeasement of Adolf Hitler in the lead-up to World War II.
In a memoir published after his resignation, former British Prime Minister David Cameron called Trump: 'Protectionist, xenophobic, misogynistic'
Trump was a supporter of Brexit, the 2016 referendum that saw the UK leave the European Union and which led to Cameron's resignation
During a February 2024 interview, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked Cameron's assertion that not funding Ukraine was similar to the appeasement of Adolf Hitler in the lead-up to World War II
Cameron has previously spoken about Trump in not-so glowing terms, referring to him as 'stupid,' 'wrong' and 'misogynistic.' The Conservative resigned as Prime Minister after 2016's Brexit referendum which saw the UK leave the European Union.
Trump endorsed that vote. In a memoir published after his resignation, Cameron called Trump: 'Protectionist, xenophobic, misogynistic.'
Cameron last week said he would see Johnson and urge him to pass the $60 billion package of military aid for Ukraine, which he has held up for months.
'Success for Ukraine and failure for Putin are vital for American and European security,' Cameron said in a statement, saying it was important to demonstrate to Russian President Vladimir Putin that 'aggression doesn't pay.'
'The alternative would only encourage Putin in further attempts to re-draw European borders by force, and would be heard clearly in Beijing, Tehran and North Korea.'
The foreign ministry said Cameron would meet congressional leaders from both the Republican and Democratic
