‘Don’t mention the special relationship’: how should UK’s next PM handle Donald Trump?
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David Smith in Washington and Josh Halliday in Manchester
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The Guardian‘Don’t mention the special relationship’: how should UK’s next PM handle Donald Trump?theguardian.comLittle-known abroad, Andy Burnham has a chance to define a new era of US-UK relations. Should he seek to charm or bargain with the bully in the White House – or treat him ‘like a poorly informed constituent’? If, as expected, Andy Burnham becomes the British prime minister later this month, one of his first telephone calls is likely to be with Donald Trump. Trump’s mother was Scottish and he has a nostalgic fascination with Britain. But managing a relationship with the erratic, transactional and demanding US president has been a diplomatic minefield for Burnham’s predecessors. Continue reading...
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