The prime minister has had a two-hour dinner with former US President Donald Trump in New York. It is the first time Sir Keir Starmer and Trump have met. The pair were joined by Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Sir Keir was in New York for the UN General Assembly but made time to meet Trump at his New York base – Trump Tower. He is now flying back to the UK.
The PM said it was “good” he had the opportunity to meet the Republican presidential nominee and that it was “really to establish a relationship between” the two of them.
A UK government source said the pair had “discussed the longstanding friendship between the UK and the US and the importance of continuing to develop the strong and enduring partnership between our two countries. Speaking ahead of their meeting, Trump said of the PM: “I actually think he’s very nice. He ran a great race, he did very well, it’s very early, he’s very popular.
Lammy has previously called the former president a “racist” and a “neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath”. Sir Keir did not meet the Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, on this trip. They have not met before either.
He previously said he would like to see both candidates ahead of the US presidential election on 5 November.
The prime minister said he “obviously” still wanted to speak to Vice-President Kamala Harris, but that there were the “usual diary challenges.
Source: BBC
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