Donald Trump praises ‘natural businessperson’ Andy Burnham following first meeting

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US president states British PM has a ‘lot of assets on his side’ as pair meet at UN in New York Donald Trump has praised Andy Burnham as a “natural businessperson” and stated the UK was “more up” than under Keir Starmer. The report also notes that But he berated the UK for its decision to give up the Chagos Islands. In their first face-to-face meeting, Trump gave a warm assessment of the relationship, saying he thought Burnham had a “lot of assets on his side” and would be a “great prime minister”, adding: “We talked about everything from Rolls-Royce to energy to immigration – we covered a lot.”

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