David Lammy popped up on Today this morning to take a swipe at Donald Trump, who has not ruled out military or economic force to buy Greenland. When asked whether Trump should be allowed to buy the Danish territory, Lammy defaulted to his favourite tune: attacking Trump’s character. Lammy branded the President-elect as “destabilising,” saying:
“We know from Donald Trump’s first term that the intensity of his rhetoric and the unpredictability sometimes of what he said can be destabilising. He did it with NATO.”
Lammy went on to provide the insightful analysis that behind Trump’s comments lies his concerns about Russia and China in the Arctic and economic stability. Meanwhile on Sky News, he laughed off Trump’s Greenland comments as just “classic Trump”…
Ahead of Trump’s inauguration in just 11 days, Guido reminds co-conspirators of what our Foreign Secretary has said about him in the past:
As Guido reported yesterday, sources close or in Trump’s camp claim that they have been considering the future of the vital security partnership with the UK in recent weeks because of the “statements of Starmer, Lammy and Mandelson and the deterioration of the relationship”. Lammy’s reluctance to part ways with his natural anti-Trump stance isn’t going to help…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”