David Lammy encourages ‘winner’ Donald Trump to continue Ukraine support

The Foreign Secretary added that helium believes Mr Trump volition privation to “ensure that the West is connected the winning side”, portion Western allies brace for a imaginable alteration of US stance.

Mr Trump has said helium could extremity the warfare “in a day”.

Donald Trump is simply a victor not a loser, and I'm definite helium wants to guarantee that the West is connected the winning side

Foreign Secretary David Lammy

The UK has continued to accent its committedness to supporting Ukraine arsenic it fights Russian forces, with Mr Lammy saying the Government’s mantra is “one American president astatine a time”.

Outgoing president Joe Biden has fixed Ukraine support to usage US-supplied weapons to onslaught targets successful Russia aft months of unit from Kyiv.

Speaking successful the Commons, shadiness overseas caput Dame Priti Patel asked: “Can the Foreign Secretary outline the attack that volition beryllium taken to engaging with the caller US medication much wide with our allies to backmost Ukraine?

“It’s captious that this House stands agreed and arsenic we people 1,000 days of this war, we indispensable guarantee we proceed to basal shoulder-to-shoulder connected the broadside of freedom.”

In his reply, Mr Lammy said: “She volition person work astir my meal with the Prime Minister and Donald Trump.

“We did sermon Ukraine and helium was seized of the important issues.

“Donald Trump is simply a victor not a loser, and I’m definite helium wants to guarantee that the West is connected the winning side.”

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Mr Lammy met Mr Trump during a sojourn to New York successful September.

In 2017, Mr Lammy called Mr Trump a “racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser” and promised to protestation connected the streets if helium visited the UK.

Earlier this month, Mr Lammy described past captious comments arsenic “old news” and spent clip gathering ties successful the US up of Labour’s wide predetermination victory.

Liberal Democrat defence spokeswoman Helen Maguire said: “January 20th volition beryllium the 2nd inauguration of President Trump.

“So does the Foreign Secretary hold with maine that with the US wavering, it is incumbent connected the UK to pb wrong Europe now?”

The US Government, the US Government’s leader, Trump, needs to spot occurrence and triumph for Ukraine arsenic a idiosyncratic triumph for him

Alicia Kearns, Conservative MP

Mr Lammy replied: “This greeting I was speaking to overseas ministers successful a gathering from France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain – determination is nary consciousness of america wavering successful our enactment for Ukraine.

“If thing determination was a committedness to treble down connected that support, determination was a determination to guarantee that Ukraine is successful the strongest imaginable presumption successful 2025 and a renewed effort to guarantee that we coordinate adjacent amended successful the coming months.”

Conservative MP Alicia Kearns, who formerly chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “Consistently, Ukraine has been underestimated and Russia overestimated – militarily, economically and beyond.

“We each cognize present that personalities substance and, arsenic the Foreign Secretary said, we cognize that Trump likes winners.

“The US Government, the US Government’s leader, Trump, needs to spot occurrence and triumph for Ukraine arsenic a idiosyncratic triumph for him.

“So, what is the Foreign Secretary doing to marque definite that Trump sees it successful those terms, and nary other?”

Mr Lammy replied: “She’s close to accidental we’ve really got a occupation to bash now.

“One American president astatine a clip is the mantra.

“We person got different 8 weeks and Ukraine is going into a winter, and it whitethorn good beryllium a bitter winter.

“The bully quality is that we are getting wealth retired the door.

“Where determination has been gaps betwixt pledging and getting the kit and instrumentality into Ukraine, determination is simply a doubling down crossed Europe and the planetary G7 partners to marque definite that the kit gets determination and puts Ukraine successful a beardown presumption into 2025.

“I americium assured that connected January 20 Ukraine volition beryllium successful an adjacent stronger presumption past that it is contiguous due to the fact that of that combined allied effort.”