Trump was asked overnight about potential tariffs for Europe:
“The UK is way out of line and we’ll see. But European Union is really out of line. The UK is out of line but I’m sure that one, I think that one can be worked out. But the European Union, it’s an atrocity what they’ve done.”
A Brexit dividend. The President said the EU is “definitely” getting tariffed and that “they take almost nothing and we take everything from them.” He offered the UK a way out, saying Starmer has “been very nice.”
“We’ve had a couple of meetings. We’ve had numerous phone calls. We’re getting along very well.”
Starmer for his part said yesterday that “it is early days. What I want to see is strong trading relations.” The vast majority of dispatches from across the pond have made clear that the new administration is keen to work extremely closely with the UK but their efforts are so far unreciprocated. Starmer is now en route to Brussels to reopen Brexit negotiations…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”