backstop

And Rushing’s catching abilities, while improved, remain a work in progress; at least relative to the high standard the Dodgers expect out of their backstops.

The aim, it would appear, is to beef up the European offer for post-war security guarantees for Ukraine in an attempt to convince Donald Trump to promise a US military backstop.

There had been speculation that Sir Keir had also gone into the meeting to seek a US Security "backstop" in a European peace plan for the war in Ukraine.

"It's a backstop, you could say," he said on Thursday.

Asked if the US could provide such support, Trump said a proposed deal with Ukraine over access to critical minerals would provide "a backstop".