Sir Keir Starmer had a two-hour meeting with Donald Trump last night as the pair met for the first time.
The Prime Minister visited the Republican presidential candidate at his Trump Tower in New York on Thursday evening.
David Lammy previously called Trump a ‘woman-hating, neo-Nazi sympathizing sociopath’, ‘a tyrant in a toupée’, a ‘dangerous clown’ and ‘a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser’.
They had a two-hour dinner before Sir Keir had to leave to fly back to the UK, with the PM said to have welcomed the opportunity to meet the former President.
The pair discussed the longstanding friendship between the United Kingdom and the United States as well as the importance of continuing the strong and enduring partnership between our two countries.
It came after Mr Trump praised the PM at a press conference before the meeting.
Asked what he made of Sir Keir, he joked: ‘Well I’m going to see him in about an hour so I have to be nice!’
He went on: ‘I actually think he’s very nice. He ran a great race, he did very well, it’s very early he’s very popular.’
Sir Keir visited Trump Tower after speaking at the United Nations General Assembly.
However in a blow to Downing Street, he was unable to arrange an introduction to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, whom he has not met before, before his return to the UK.