Starmer picked up papers to avoid security stepping in
By: | Published: 2025-06-17 21:22:00 | Source: www.bbc.com
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he rushed to pick up papers dropped by US President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit partly because he feared what the White House security team might do if anyone else tried to help.
Starmer and Trump were talking to reporters about their newly signed off UK-US trade deal when the moment descended into farce as the president brandished a folder containing the arrangements and the papers spilled out onto the floor.
Sir Keir fell to his knees to scoop them up and hand them back to President Trump.
“There are quite strict rules about who can get close to the president,” he told reporters.
“I mean, seriously, I think if any of you had stepped forward other than me, I was just deeply conscious that in a situation like that it would not have been good…
