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The UK newspaper front pages seemed to portray the meeting between Keir Starmer and Donald Trump as a historic diplomatic moment. However, a look at the media across the Atlantic suggests the encounter barely made a dent, with scant coverage depicting Starmer as a messenger delivering a more glamorous invite – the royal red carpet.

This article explores how US media covered the meeting between the US president and UK prime minister.

The New York Times

The encounter did not make the print front page and, by Friday morning GMT, it had disappeared from the website’s front page. A search for the newspaper’s coverage revealed a brief article focused on Trump’s comments on Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.

Fox News

This news channel featured the meeting only indirectly on its online front page, with a headline focusing on Trump’s controversial comment about Ukrainian president Zelenskyy being a dictator. The article centered on the US president’s reaction to the comment made in the Oval Office.

USA Today

The meeting between the two leaders didn’t make the print front page, but Trump’s tariff moves did. Online, the newspaper covered the gathering under the headline: “Tea with a side of flattery: UK prime minister Keir Starmer visits Trump”, reporting on Starmer’s delivery of a letter from King Charles III inviting Trump to a state visit.

Washington Post

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/feb/28/what-us-papers-say-starmer-trump-meeting-uk-prime-minister-us-president