With only days left until Donald Trump’s return as President of the United States (Inauguration Ceremony takes place on Monday), world leaders like Keir Starmer are clearly talking about Trump. “You need to act carefully” in the wording.
For the prime minister, everything from the war in Ukraine to criticizing Elon Musk requires incredibly disciplined language.
No matter what happens, he knows he “cannot sway Donald Trump,” says US correspondent Mark Stone.
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Mark says the British embassy is “doing everything it can to maintain a good relationship with President Trump” but doubts Starmer’s next US ambassador, Peter Mandelson, has a “difficult task”. do not have.
Mark said Britons were “caught off guard” by Elon Musk’s sudden attack on the prime minister, having just not expected him to “effectively be co-president, as it appears to be”. said.
The “special relationship” between the United States and Britain dates back to World War II.
But President Trump is so unpredictable that some are even wondering how quickly he can turn Britain against him.
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But whatever happens, Starmer must do what he can to stay in the side.
“It reminds me of that scene in Love Actually,” Mark admits, “where Hugh Grant’s character confronts the President of the United States at a press conference in Downing Street.”
“No world leader would stand up to Trump like that,” he said.
