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The U.Okay. prime minister — who has been at pains to speak up a good-natured dinner with Trump earlier than the U.S. Republican received in November — sought to place Britain’s ties with America in a historic context. He reeled off previous prime ministers who had labored with each the U.S. and Europe in occasions of upheaval, and pointed to the “shared sacrifice” of two world wars.
“[Clement] Attlee didn’t select between allies,” Starmer mentioned. “[Winston] Churchill didn’t select. The nationwide curiosity calls for that we work with each.”
Starmer added: “Our relationship with the United States has been the cornerstone of our safety and our prosperity for over a century. We won’t ever flip away from that. We name it the particular relationship for a purpose. It is written not in some dry, dusty treaty, however within the ink of shared sacrifice.”
‘Hard-headed’
Trump’s victory has despatched shockwaves by way of European capitals. The incoming U.S. president has repeatedly referred to as on NATO members to do extra to pay for their very own protection, whereas the specter of tariffs looms massive.
“This will not be about sentimentality, it’s about hard-headed realism,” Starmer mentioned of the U.Okay.’s alliance with the U.S. “Time and once more the perfect hope for the world and the surest approach to serve our mutual nationwide curiosity has come from our two nations working collectively. It nonetheless does.”
At the identical time, Starmer’s authorities is pursuing a post-Brexit reset of relations with the European Union after years of unhealthy blood, together with an easing of commerce friction with the bloc.
