Labour’s past Trump criticism will not harm special relationship, says Cabinet minister
The TelegraphLabour’s past criticism of Donald Trump and support for Kamala Harris will not interfere with the special relationship, one of Sir Keir Starmer’s most senior Cabinet ministers has said. He told Sky News: “I don’t think any of these things will interfere in what is such an important alliance for the world, based on defence, security, shared values, shared history. It is all more important than all of those things, and that is the footing we begin on and that is the footing that we will continue on.” He suggested Mr Trump was willing to work with previous critics, pointing to JD Vance, who once compared Mr Trump to Hitler but was still picked to be his running mate. If you look at what the vice-president elect said about president Trump, he mused whether this was going to be another Richard Nixon or America’s Hitler, and that’s not held him back from being the running mate.”
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