Donald Trump has stated he thinks Sir Keir Starmer has “done a very good job” to date and stated the pair will converse over the cellphone “over the next 24 hours”.
The US president stated he and the prime minister “get along well” regardless of Sir Keir being “liberal, which is a little bit different from me”.
“But I think he’s a very good person,” Mr Trump stated. “I think he’s done a very good job thus far.
“He is represented his nation when it comes to his philosophy. I’ll not agree together with his philosophy however I’ve an excellent relationship with him.”
Sir Keir beforehand met Mr Trump for dinner at Trump Tower in New York in September, earlier than he was elected president for a second time, and has held two pre-inauguration calls with him.
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Sir Keir Starmer. Pic: PA
Mr Trump informed reporters on Air Drive One which his first worldwide journey may very well be to the UK, or Saudi Arabia – the primary nation he travelled to as president throughout his first time period.
The US president stated “traditionally it could be UK”, however final time he travelled to Saudi Arabia as a result of it agreed to purchase billions of {dollars} of US merchandise.
“If that offer were right, I’d do that again,” he stated.
Mr Trump’s heat remarks about Sir Keir have been at odds with these of billionaire Elon Musk, who has performed a starring position in his second presidency to date, and has repeatedly referred to as for the prime minister to get replaced.
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Trump reverses Biden’s halt on 2,000lb bombs for Israel
Mr Trump additionally stated he had instructed the US army to reverse an order from former president Joe Biden halting the availability of heavy 2,000lb bombs to Israel.
“They paid for them and they’ve been waiting for them for a long time,” Mr Trump stated concerning the munitions.
Mr Biden had paused supply of the bombs to Israel over issues concerning the impression they may have on civilians throughout Israel’s battle in opposition to Hamas in Gaza.
Trump says Egypt and Jordan ought to take extra Palestinians from Gaza
Mr Trump additionally stated Egypt and Jordan ought to take extra Palestinians from Gaza and when requested if it was a short lived or long-term suggestion, he replied: “Could be either.”
Talking of his name to Jordan’s King Abdullah on Saturday, the president stated: “I said to him I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people.”
“I’d like Egypt to take people,” he added, saying he would converse to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi on Sunday.
He stated the Palestinian enclave was “literally a demolition site, almost everything is demolished and people are dying there”, including: “So I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change.”
President fires inspectors common at a number of companies
Mr Trump additionally confirmed he had fired 17 unbiased inspectors common at a number of authorities companies and stated he would “put good people in there that will be very good”.
Inspectors typically act as an unbiased examine on mismanagement and abuse of energy inside US authorities companies, and whereas they’re appointed by the president, they’re anticipated to be nonpartisan and a few serve presidents from each events.
It comes after the US State Division ordered a freeze on new funding for nearly all American overseas growth help following an government order issued by Mr Trump.
