Few would argue that Kamala Harris would be a more natural ally for Britain’s Labour government than Donald Trump.
But Sir Keir Starmer has been laying the groundwork for a Trump win in today’s US election, most notably by meeting the Republican candidate for dinner at Trump Tower in New York in September.
Our deputy political editor Sam Coates shared more details on that secretive meeting on this morning’s Politics At Jack And Sam’s after confirming some titbits that emerged in the weekend newspapers.
Those in Whitehall believe the fact it was in Trump Tower is a good sign, and there was some warmth between the two camps.
‘You and I are friends’
“At the end of the meal,” Sam says, “Donald Trump looked at Sir Keir and said: ‘You and I are friends. You’re a liberal so we won’t always agree, but we can work together.'”
As if that wasn’t encouraging enough, get a load of what the former president did for David Lammy, who was also there.
As Sam says, the foreign secretary has made some “extremely disobliging” comments about Mr Trump in the past, but apparently was “laughing in all the right places” during the meeting and was rewarded with the offer of a second portion of food.
That, Sam’s told, was a “gesture of friendship” by Mr Trump.
There’s no better diplomacy than dinner – you can watch more on this from Sam below:
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