Prime Minister Keir Starmer has landed back in Britain with the satisfaction of a tricky mission not quite accomplished, but off to a flying start.
Trump has threatened to make Canada the 51st state of the USA, but he hasn’t mentioned the UK. He doesn’t need to. In so many respects, we've turned into a vassal state anyway. Trump's aggressive "America First" policies will continue that, because our leaders no longer have the power or the gumption to resist.
Peter Mandelson, the new U.K. ambassador to the U.S., is leading Britain’s latest charm offensive towards Trump
Sir Keir will meet Donald Trump in Washington before flying home to meet European leaders in London this weekend