1. Trump blames Putin for the war in Ukraine – today The US president switches between blaming Russia and Ukraine for the war between the two countries, but 90 minutes with Starmer appeared to have focused the president’s attention on the role of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. “I spoke to president Putin about Ukraine, it was the apple of his eye,” Trump said. “He would have never done what he did, except that he didn’t respect the leadership of the United States.” The president does not appear to want to increase sanctions on Russia however, seeking instead to criticise…