Trump’s Love of UK Royalty Is Starmer’s Best Hope of Making Ties Special Again
Donald Trump with a letter from King Charles III during a meeting with Keir Starmer at the White House in Washington in February.
Photographer: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images
As soon as Donald Trump and Keir Starmer spoke for the first time last year, the nature of the US president’s affinity for Britain was clear.
“I love the UK, I love the Royal Family, I love the King,” he told Starmer within minutes of the British premier calling him to offer his support in the days after Trump was shot at during a campaign rally.