Ahead of his official state visit to the U.K. in September, President Donald Trump had praise for the British royal family during a meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

US President Donald Trump urged Keir Starmer to extract more oil from the North Sea and criticized UK taxes on fossil fuels in his latest criticism of the prime minister’s policies on a five-day visit to Scotland.

US President Donald Trump spent five days in Scotland, playing golf, sealing a major trade deal with the EU and weighing in on global conflicts from Gaza to Ukraine. The US leader also spent time showing off the restored ballroom in his Turnberry resort on the southwestern Scottish coast,

President Donald Trump's visit to the United Kingdom featured him publicly disparaging one of that country's big priorities, reported the Daily Record: to reduce its dependence on oil. This comes at a moment when the importance for Europe of transitioning from fossil fuels is doubly important,

Donald Trump has hit out at Keir Starmer’s taxes on North Sea oil just hours after praising the prime minister when the two met at the US president’s Scottish golf course. Mr Trump said the resource is a “treasure chest for the United Kingdom” as he urged Starmer to ”incentivise the drillers”.

Donald Trump appeared to take a swipe at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry during his UK trip. During his press conference with Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland, the US President lavished praise on the Royal Family,

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President Trump said the North Sea was a “treasure chest,” but its high taxes were driving away oil producers.

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