US president avoids clashes with Starmer about free speech and Mandelson during state visit

Labour had feared that the president could use the visit, which starts tonight, to lambast the PM over freedom of speech in the UK.

The US and UK leaders fielded questions on Ukraine, migration, free speech and Mandelson among other issues.

In contrast to the Prime Minister, the US president was refreshingly clear and direct about his view on key issues

US president avoids clashes with Starmer about free speech and Mandelson during state visit

It was the highest-risk moment of a meticulously stage managed state visit, but Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer presented an almost united front during a lengthy press…