In London, Trump says he disagrees with UK leader Starmer on Palestine recognition

US President Donald Trump says he disagrees with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state but doesn’t elaborate as to why, during a press conference alongside the British leader in London.

“So I have a disagreement with the prime minister on that… One of our few disagreements,” he says.

Trump also says he wants all of the hostages released immediately, telegraphing his opposition to a phased release of hostages. “Not one, not two or ‘We’ll give you three tomorrow,'” he says.

“We have to have the hostages back immediately,” he adds. “That’s what the people of Israel want. And we want the fighting to stop, and it’s going to stop.”

During his opening remarks Trump says, “We’ve settled just about every conflict.”

“We’re working very hard on Israel and Gaza and all that’s happening over there — a complex one… It’s going to get done… But you never know with war. War is a different thing. Things happen that are very opposite of what you thought. You thought you could have an easy time or a hard time, and it turns out to be the reverse,” Trump says.

Asked whether his decision to recognize a Palestinian state is a largely symbolic move aimed at appeasing his domestic political base, Starmer says he discussed the matter with Trump and the two “absolutely agree on the need for peace and a road map.”

He says the war in Gaza is intolerable and calls for the hostages held by terror groups to be released and for aid to surge into the Strip.

“It’s within that context of a plan for peace, which we are working hard on… which hopefully takes us from the appalling situation we’re in now to the outcome of a safe and secure Israel, which we do not have, and a viable Palestinian state,” Starmer adds.