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2026-09-23 · Politico

Burnham passes his first Trump test — but papers over the cracks

NEW YORK — Before Andy Burnham’s meeting with Donald Trump, a senior U.K. government figure noted wryly that they were looking out for one thing — whether the U.S. president would claim that Burnham was better than the last guy. After nearly an hour together in a cramped, low-ceilinged room in the United Nations basement, Trump did exactly that. The president said U.K.-U.S. relations were “more up now than they were with your last prime minister.” Moments later he put the boot into Keir Starmer again, claiming the ex-PM’s tough rhetoric on Russia had been “too tough.” That final comment will please Starmer, who welcomed Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Britain after Trump berated him in the Oval Office.

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