Sir Keir Starmer must “suck it up” and invite Donald Trump on a state go to after profitable the US election, Labour peer Harriet Harman has mentioned.
The prime minister congratulated Mr Trump on Wednesday’s victory and mentioned having had dinner with him just a few weeks in the past “I look forward to working with him in the years to come”.
Nevertheless, he has not at all times chosen his phrases so rigorously, in 2016 calling Mr Trump’s feedback “on issues such as Mexican immigrants, Muslims and women… absolutely repugnant”.
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Baroness Harman informed the Electoral Dysfunction podcast Sir Keir and Mr Trump will each be in workplace for the following 4 years and the US is “important for our economy and our security”.
“So we have got to bite the bullet, suck it up and just get on,” she mentioned.
Baroness Harman mentioned there was “a bit of a shiver and a cringe” when Sir Keir gave his congratulations to Mr Trump, however mentioned: “He was right to do that.”
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Theresa Might welcomed Donald Trump to Downing Road in 2019. Pic: PA
She added Mr Trump must be invited on a state go to to the UK.
“He’s got to be invited to address both houses of parliament,” she mentioned.
“They [the US] are key for our economy and our security.”
Mr Trump and his spouse, Melania, got here to the UK on a state go to in 2019 and had been met by protests, with a Trump child blimp making an look.
He was welcomed by then prime minister Theresa Might days earlier than she resigned.
Two years earlier than, Mrs Might had invited him to the UK per week after his inauguration however was left shocked when he mentioned he didn’t need to go forward with a state go to if there have been large-scale protests in opposition to him.
