Forget handshakes, make amends & find common ground: My advice to Starmer ahead of Trump visit, from an ex-US official

Forget handshakes, make amends & find common ground: My advice to Starmer ahead of Trump visit, from an ex-US official
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Forget handshakes, make amends & find common ground: My advice to Starmer ahead of Trump visit, from an ex-US official
Author: Sayan Bose
Published: Feb, 26 2025 17:01

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Last -- Leaving London Mayor Sadiq Khan and his many insults of Trump aside -- we have Lord Peter Mandelson -- your current ambassador to the United States -- who once openly called Trump a danger to the world.

MY first bit of advice to Prime Minister Keir Starmer would be not to worry about winning the "handshake war" with President Donald J. Trump when he meets him at the White House.

Remember that just a few short days ago, you said during a speech at an international summit on supporting Ukraine in Kyiv that: "President Trump has changed the global conversation over the last few weeks, and it has created an opportunity.

Leaving poisonous and self-destructive partisan politics outside the door of the Oval Office, you will be reminded or instantly discover that President Trump truly likes people and rarely holds a grudge.

French President Macron just lost and look at all the nice things Trump then said about France during their meeting in the Oval Office.

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