This is what Sir Keir and Trump chatted about in first call since inauguration
This is what Sir Keir and Trump chatted about in first call since inauguration
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Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have spoken for the first time since the US president made his historic return to the White House. The prime minister got through to Washington on the phone just under a week after Trump’s inauguration, which was attended by Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s President Javier Milei.
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Other UK politicians including Nigel Farage, Liz Truss and Suella Braverman made their way over the Atlantic for the big day – though they were not invited to the main ceremony. Like other British PMs in the past, Sir Keir was not invited, with outgoing US ambassador Karen Pierce the only UK government official who went along.
So today’s 45-minute natter was the first time the pair had an opportunity to speak to each other as leaders of their respective countries. A Downing Street spokesperson said Trump began the conversation by sending his condolences to Sir Keir following the death of his brother Nick on Boxing Day.
The PM thanked him for his words before congratulating him on his inauguration earlier this month – which made him only the second US president in history to be voted back in after being kicked out. Sir Keir and Trump went on to discuss Gaza, with the prime minister paying tribute to the president’s role in ‘securing the landmark ceasefire and hostages deal’, the spokesperson said.
