Biden typically only meets with visiting heads of state, and is not scheduled to sit down with Cameron. But Blinken plans to host Cameron for a private dinner at his residence Tuesday evening, according to a State Dept. official.
NATO call
Despite previous beef, Cameron — a former British prime minister — said he’d had a “good” meeting with Trump and that, “whoever I am talking to, I tend to make the same points.”
“We’ve gotta do everything we can this year to get NATO in its strongest possible shape for its 75th anniversary, getting everyone up to 2 percent [of GDP on defense spending],” the U.K. foreign secretary said.
Trump triggered widespread concern in European capitals in February when he suggested he would “encourage” Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to NATO countries which don’t meet their financial obligations to the alliance. He has since attempted to soften his rhetoric — but not before senior figures, including Cameron, had criticized him for his comments.
According to a readout from Trump’s team, Cameron and the former president discussed “the upcoming U.S. and U.K. elections, policy matters specific to Brexit, the need for NATO countries to meet their defense spending requirements, and ending the killing in Ukraine.”
The readout from the Trump campaign adds that they also discussed “their mutual admiration for the late Queen Elizabeth II.”
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