How Lammy and Trump’s tensions could shape UK foreign policy

Lammy and Trump – the odd couple whose tensions will shape UK foreign policy



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  1. As Foreign Secretary and the UK’s top diplomat, David Lammy is the man who has to balance the competing interests of Britain’s relationship with Europe – which are undergoing a “reset” under the Starmer government – and the special relationship with the US under Trump and his pick for Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.

    The Foreign Secretary and the man he once described as a “Nazi sympathiser” make an unlikely odd couple on the world stage, but they got on well at their dinner with Starmer in New York in September, and Trump later praised Lammy, suggesting that he sees those remarks as in the past.

    Yet, in recent weeks the Foreign Secretary has toughened his language about some aspects of Trump’s foreign affairs strategy – suggesting the next four years are not going to be a smooth ride.

    Here is how Starmer, Lammy and other key UK government figures are preparing for Trump’s arrival.

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