Trump says he ‘really likes Starmer, even though he’s a liberal’ – UK politics live | Politics

Donald Trump said he “really likes” Keir Starmer in his BBC interview. He said:

I really like the prime minister a lot, even though he’s a liberal.

He did a good trade deal with us, which a lot of countries haven’t been able to do.

Although many Labour MPs and ministers have strong reservations about Trump, and many of them denounced him harshly in public during his first presidency, Starmer has decided to swallow any reservations he has and to treat the president with utmost respect. Other world leaders have adopted a similar approach, and Gary O’Donoghue asked Trump how he felt about his counterparts being “over-obvious in their flattery”. Trump replied:

Well, I think…