Trump heralds new American ‘golden age’ as Starmer eyes early White House visit
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Sir Keir Starmer is set to travel to Donald Trump’s White House within weeks after the US president took office promising a new “golden age of America”. Mr Trump is weighing up whether to approve the appointment of Lord Mandelson as the UK’s new ambassador in Washington, the fate of the Chagos Islands deal and the extent to which tariffs will hit Britain.
In his inauguration address, he promised to “tariff and tax foreign countries” – although gave no details of how he would implement his policy. Foreign Secretary David Lammy congratulated Mr Trump on his return to the White House, saying “there are no greater allies than the UK and US”.
“Our close economic, security, intelligence and cultural ties deliver growth and prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic,” he said. “I look forward to further strengthening the special relationship over the years to come.”. Mr Lammy is one of a series of high-profile Labour figures who have expressed trenchant opinions about Mr Trump in the past, calling him a “racist and KKK/neo-Nazi sympathiser”.
Relations between the Trump camp and Sir Keir’s party descended into a legal row after Labour volunteers campaigned for Kamala Harris during her election defeat. But Mr Lammy has sought to build bridges with the president’s allies and the Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister met Mr Trump in New York in September.
