Trump praises UK PM Burnham as 'natural businessperson' after UN meeting

theguardian.com

Donald Trump praised UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham as a "natural businessperson" after their first face-to-face meeting at the UN in New York, saying the UK was "more up" than under Keir Starmer. Trump gave a warm assessment, calling Burnham a "great prime minister" with "a lot of assets on his side," and said they discussed topics from Rolls-Royce to energy and immigration. Burnham said they had "established a good connection." However, Trump was scathing about the UK's deal to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, calling it "terrible" and "ridiculous," while noting the strategic importance of the Diego Garcia military base.


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