For Keir Starmer, the US president’s state visit was a chance for some positive headlines. And it may have done just that – at least for now
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer wasted no time playing his “Trump card” when he visited the newly elected US president earlier this year.
A smiling Starmer produced a letter from King Charles inviting Donald Trump to make an unprecedented second state visit to the UK. Trump happily accepted, describing it as an honour.
Last week’s two-day extravaganza displayed more pomp and pageantry than politics. It was all about flattering Trump and making him feel special.
But the point of this extraordinary exercise in currying favour with the president was to cement the “special relationship” between the two countries and bring much-needed investment to the UK.
