Prime minister’s chief fixer says UK relationship with US is strong and will continue with Trump in the White HouseAt the weekend, in response to a story in the Independent about an allegation that Kemi Badenoch made a joke about rape in a social media post in 2008, a spokesperson for the new Conservative leader said that Badenoch has been clear “she believes this sort of ‘offence archaeology’ has no place in political debate”.But, when it comes to what Labour politicians have said about Donald Trump in the past, Badenoch is no slouch at offence archeology herself. She devoted her first ever question as Tory leader to Keir Starmer at PMQs to the subject yesterday.I think a lot of things that have been said over the years, but not just here in the UK, including in the US. If you look at what vice-president-elect JD Vance said about President Trump, he mused whether this was going to be another Richard Nixon or America’s Hitler, and it’s not held him back from being the running mate.Elon Musk as well, advised Trump to walk off into the sunset a couple of years ago, and he’s become President Trump’s biggest backer in business.The prime minister spoke to President-elect Donald Trump this evening to congratulate him on his historic victory.The prime minister offered his hearty congratulations and said he looked forward to working closely with President-elect Trump across all areas of the special relationship. Continue reading…
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2024-11-07 10:08:02
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