{"id":2738,"date":"2024-11-07T12:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/labours-trump-jibes-wont-harm-relations-says-minister\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:25:59","slug":"labours-trump-jibes-wont-harm-relations-says-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/labours-trump-jibes-wont-harm-relations-says-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour&#8217;s Trump jibes won&#8217;t harm relations, says minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Labour&#8217;s Trump jibes won&#8217;t harm relations, says minister<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"ssrcss-1b5y2ub-ComponentWrapper-FullWidthWrapper ey0461q0\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-ps9bf1-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donald Trump addresses supporters at the Election Night watch party in the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/xAmaNF.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/3abc\/live\/23918810-9cf7-11ef-9d47-3962c94c3bbb.jpg 976w\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1079.388379204893\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"><\/picture><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\">EPA-EFE\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"metadata-block\" class=\"ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-1ik71mx-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2024-11-07T11:32:43.953Z\">7 November 2024, 11:32 GMT<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-13mf69a-MetadataSnippetWrapper ek9haql0\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2024-11-07T11:57:49.368Z\">Updated 25 minutes ago<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">A UK cabinet minister has insisted past attacks on Donald Trump by senior figures in his party will not harm the country&#8217;s relationship with the United States.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Several members of Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s Labour government denounced the president-elect before the party was returned to power in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">These include Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who called him a &#8220;Nazi sympathiser&#8221; in 2017 when he was a backbench MP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden said the depth of the UK-US relationship was &#8220;much more important&#8221; than previous remarks by Labour figures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And he pointed out that several of the Republican candidate&#8217;s key allies have also made disparaging comments about him in the past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"links-block\" class=\"ssrcss-12l5xzx-LinksComponentWrapper e3eyuya0\">\n<section class=\"ssrcss-msolhr-LinksWrapper e3eyuya5\">\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-mh3hvv-InContentLinksGrid e3eyuya3\">\n<li class=\"ssrcss-r2yl4r-PromoItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div data-testid=\"promo\" class=\"ssrcss-s1qr4x-Promo e1vyq2e80\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1enzf19-PromoCompact e18gnqux0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1d68cot-PromoContent exn3ah99\">\n<div spacing=\"2\" class=\"ssrcss-1f3bvyz-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span role=\"text\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1sen9vx-PromoHeadline exn3ah96\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Trump win provokes trade-offs and dilemmas for UK<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div spacing=\"2\" class=\"ssrcss-1f3bvyz-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-1ik71mx-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">13 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ssrcss-r2yl4r-PromoItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div data-testid=\"promo\" class=\"ssrcss-s1qr4x-Promo e1vyq2e80\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1enzf19-PromoCompact e18gnqux0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1d68cot-PromoContent exn3ah99\">\n<div spacing=\"2\" class=\"ssrcss-1f3bvyz-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span role=\"text\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1sen9vx-PromoHeadline exn3ah96\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Europe&#8217;s leaders face up to Trump victory at Hungarian summit<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div spacing=\"2\" class=\"ssrcss-1f3bvyz-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-1ik71mx-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">3 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Trump&#8217;s re-election as president has led to renewed scrutiny of previous comments made by UK government ministers when they were opposition MPs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">These include the prime minister himself, who in 2018 &#8211; before he became Labour leader &#8211; said then-president Trump&#8217;s policy of separating migrant families in detention showed he did not understand &#8220;humanity and dignity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rachel Reeves, now chancellor, also condemned the policy as &#8220;barbaric&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wes Streeting, now health secretary, described Trump as an &#8220;odious, sad, little man&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ian Murray, now Scottish Secretary previously accused Trump of promoting &#8220;far-right, extremist propaganda&#8221;, and Lisa Nandy, now culture secretary, once called him a &#8220;human rights nightmare&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In 2021, McFadden himself branded the &#8220;terrible and distressing&#8221; riots in the US Capitol building that year the &#8220;culmination of the Trump presidency&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But questioned about Labour ministers&#8217; previous criticism, the cabinet minister replied: \u201cI know you can read these things out \u2013 but the alliance between the United States is much more important than all that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cIt is so deep. It Is based on real common interests in defence and security. It\u2019s really serious, it\u2019s really longstanding.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"subheadline-block\" class=\"ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0\">\n<h2 id=\"Americas-Hitler\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"ssrcss-pbttu9-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">&#8216;America&#8217;s Hitler&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He also pointed to Trump&#8217;s decision to make former critic JD Vance his running mate as evidence the remarks could be overcome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Vance, who is now set to enter the White House alongside Trump as his vice-president, had once publicly speculated whether the former president would turn out to be &#8220;America&#8217;s Hitler&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">McFadden added: &#8220;If it all worked on that basis, he wouldn\u2019t have had JD Vance as his running mate&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He also added that billionaire Elon Musk, a previous Trump critic who then went on to campaign for his re-election, had previously expressed a desire for him to &#8220;walk off into the sunset&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cThe truth is, if Donald Trump didn\u2019t speak to people who\u2019d said things like that, there would be a lot of people he wouldn\u2019t be speaking to,&#8221; McFadden added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"subheadline-block\" class=\"ssrcss-19w8cxh-ComponentWrapper-HeadlineComponentWrapper egtrm1f0\">\n<h2 id=\"Heat-of-campaign\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"ssrcss-pbttu9-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">&#8216;Heat of campaign&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sir Keir met Trump and Lammy for dinner during the presidential campaign and the foreign secretary has sought to cultivate close ties to Vance and other senior Republicans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Starmer and Trump spoke on the phone after the US election result, with Downing Street telling reporters they &#8220;fondly recalled&#8221; their dinner in September, as well as Trump&#8217;s &#8220;connections and affinity&#8221; to the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kemi Badenoch sought to capitalise on the awkwardness of Lammy&#8217;s previous criticism of Trump at her first appearance as Conservative leader at Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions on Wednesday, urging Sir Keir to apologise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Trump&#8217;s return to the White House has also posed a number of policy headaches for the UK government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">These include Ukraine, where the former president has criticised the scale of US support for its efforts to repel Russia&#8217;s invasion and suggested he wants to see a deal to end the conflict &#8220;within 24 hours&#8221; when he takes office in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Trump also vowed during the election campaign to impose new taxes, or tariffs, of 10%-20% on most foreign goods imported into the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Such a move could hit billions of pounds&#8217; worth in British exports, including Scotch whisky, pharmaceutical products, and airplane parts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">McFadden said \u201cwe don\u2019t want a trade war for that reason\u201d &#8211; but suggested it would be worth waiting to see if the threatened tariffs come to pass. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cThe thing I would advise is, look at what President Trump does, and not just what is said in the heat of the campaign, &#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sir Keir is attending a meeting of European leaders in Hungary later, where the impact of Trump&#8217;s re-election for Ukraine and trade ties is expected to dominate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The European Political Community summit, taking place in Budapest, will also be attended by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"topic-list\" class=\"ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-113c0cq-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0\">\n<h2 type=\"normal\" class=\"ssrcss-ad2rmd-Heading e10rt3ze0\">Related topics<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1\">\n<ul role=\"list\" spacing=\"2\" class=\"ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0\">\n<li>Pat McFadden<\/li>\n<li>David Lammy<\/li>\n<li>Donald Trump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Published at Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:57:49 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour&#8217;s Trump jibes won&#8217;t harm relations, says minister EPA-EFE\/REX\/Shutterstock 7 November 2024, 11:32 GMT Updated 25 minutes ago A UK cabinet minister has insisted past attacks on Donald Trump by senior figures in his party will not harm the country&#8217;s relationship with the United States. 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