Donald Trump has urged Sir Keir Starmer to slash taxes and immigration to defeat Nigel Farage at the next election.
Speaking at his Turnberry golf course ball room in South Ayrshire on Monday, Mr Trump described both the PM and Reform UK leader as “friends”.
“The one who cuts taxes the most, the one who gives you the lowest energy prices, the one who keeps you out of wars tend to win,” he said.
“Low taxes, keep us safe, keep us out of wars….And in your case a big immigration component.” He also said he thought he won the US election because of immigration.
Earlier, Mr Trump praised Sir Keir Starmer’s efforts to reduce immigration via small boat crossings as a “fantastic thing” as the two leaders met in Scotland.
Mr Trump said he knew “nothing about the boats” while meeting the PM at his Turnberry golf resort on Monday, but said “my hats are off to you” if the UK was trying to reduce immigration.
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Trump praises GB News reporter for asking ‘such nice questions’
Donald Trump has praised a GB News reporter for asking “such nice questions” at his press conference with Sir Keir Starmer.
The US president interrupted the broadcaster’s Bev Turner to ask which outlet she is from.
“Who are you with? Who are you with? Because you are asking such nice questions,” he said.
Trump tells Starmer to cut taxes and tackle immigration to win the next election
Donald Trump has advised Keir Starmer to cut taxes and tackle immigration to beat Nigel Farage at the next election.
Asked about the Reform UK and Labour leaders, he said: “The one who cuts taxes the most, the one who gives you the lowest energy prices, the one who keeps you out of wars,” tend to win.
“Low taxes, keep us safe, keep us out of wars….And in your case a big immigration component,” he added.
He also said he thought he had won his election to the White House because of immigration.
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Rolls Royce nuclear plants ‘sound pretty good’, Trump says
Rolls Royce nuclear power plants sound “pretty good”, Donald Trump has said, in an awkward moment which suggested he is unaware of the company’s long-standing status supplying reactors to the Royal Navy.
The US president said: “We also discussed inside that we are, you know, there’s a whole new thing happening with regard to energy, from nuclear, and the Prime Minister is looking at that very strongly.“
“And I know you have Rolls Royce nuclear plants, that sounds pretty good, right? “I love that. What a great brand that is.”
The remark comes despite Rolls Royce having long designed, built and maintained reactors for the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet.
Trump calls King Charles a ‘great guy’
Donald Trump has said he is looking forward to his unprecedented second state visit to the UK in September, calling King Charles a ‘great guy’.
He told reporters: “I am a big fan of King Charles… a great guy, a great person … a very, very successful man”.
He also praised the King as “very committed to the relationship” between the UK and the US.
And he described the Royal Family as “really great people”, saying the UK was lucky to have them.
US may not impose tariffs on British drug industry, Trump suggests
The United States may not impose heavy tariffs on British pharmaceuticals, Donald Trump has hinted.
Asked by reporters whether his plans for an import levy on medicines would affect the UK, the US president told reporters: “We will be announcing on pharmaceuticals sometime in the very near future. We have a very big plan on pharmaceuticals.
“We want to bring a lot of the pharmaceuticals back to America, where they should be.
“If you look at Covid it sort of taught us a lesson. We were getting our pharmaceuticals from other countries; we almost didn’t make any, we used to make them ourselves.
“And we’re going to want to be making a lot of them ourselves, all of them, in a sense.
“But you also have a good pharmaceutical business – we’ll be dealing with you on pharmaceuticals also – and we certainly feel a lot better with your country working on pharmaceuticals for America than some of the other countries that were… with the relationship we have, you would not use that as a cudgel. You wouldn’t be using it as a block.”
Trump says Starmer has a ‘perfect wife’ in bizarre compliment to UK prime minister
Donald Trump has said Sir Keir Starmer has a “perfect wife”, a bizarre compliment that was brushed off by the UK prime minister as the pair met today.
Heaping praise on Sir Keir and his wife Victoria, Mr Trump said: “I respect him much more today than I did before, because I just met his wife and family.
He’s got a perfect wife and that’s never easy to achieve, right?”Responding, the UK prime minister said: “I take no credit for that.”
Trump-Starmer love-in continues as US president praises PM as ‘so strong’
Donald Trump has heaped praise on Sir Keir Starmer, describing the UK prime minister as “so strong and so respected”.
He praised Sir Keir for having been “so supportive” of the US, adding that the prime minister did a “fantastic job” in securing a trade deal.
“You know, they wanted a trade deal here for years, many years, through many different terms of different people, and you got it done. So I want to congratulate you on that”, Mr Trump said.
“And it’s a great it’s a great deal for both that brings unity. We didn’t need unity, but it brings us even closer together. I think it’s good for both parties.”
He added: “We are doing really well as a country, and I think that the prime minister is he’s been so supportive of us, and so so strong and so respected.”
