David Cameron seemingly fails in bid to persuade Trump on Ukraine aid

In trip to Mar-a-Lago, British foreign secretary urged ex-president to recognise US interest in not rewarding Putin for land seizure

David Cameron’s attempt to persuade Donald Trump to permit the US Congress to push through $60bn in military aid for Ukraine appears to have failed, after the British foreign secretary was not even granted a meeting with congressional speaker Mike Johnson, who could in theory put the package to a vote.

Johnson instead found himself assailed by the hard-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who renewed her threats of a snap vote to remove him from office for even countenancing a vote.