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Donald Trump aroused hope in London that he could have a constructive relationship with Great Britain by saying reporters that he “liked” Sir Keir Strander and that on his first trip abroad he could travel to the White House in Great Britain .
Trump cardHe said that he would speak to the British Prime Minister “in the next 24 hours”, said about Strander: “He is liberal, what is a little different from me, but I think he is a very good person and I think he thinks he did a lot. ”So far good work.
“I get on well with him. I like him very much, ”said Trump of the BBC.
In Downing Street, the positive comments of the US President will increase the feeling that, despite previous tensions with the prime minister and high-ranking members of his cabinet, Trump does not strive for a confrontation with a string.
In London, Trump will not oppose the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as the new British ambassador in Washington; He should take up his job next month.
The allies of Stranders also hope that Trump will not do so block a controversial deal In Great Britain, sovereignty over the Chagos Islands will cede to Mauritius, in exchange for long-term guarantees for the future of the British-American military base on Diego Garcia.
Trump did not mention the topic when he spoke to the striker before Christmas, and when he spoke to Air Force One, he said to report: “It wasn’t number one on my list.” I will be honest with you. “
On Saturday evening, the US President told a “group” of journalists that he got on well with a string. “He represented his country philosophically,” said Trump.
“I may not agree to his philosophy, but I have a very good relationship with him.” Trump hit the Trump Tower for dinner last September, which was seen as a positive encounter from both sides.
When asked where he could go in the White House for the first international trip of his second term, Trump said: “It could be Saudi Arabia that it could be Great Britain.” It could traditionally be Great Britain.
“The last time I traveled to Saudi Arabia because they agreed to buy US goods worth $ 450 billion.”
Strander this month tOld the Financial Times in Kyiv that, despite numerous criticism of Labor ministers at the US President, he had a “constructive” relationship with Trump in the past.
Trump card scolded against it The participation of Labor employees in the unsuccessful presidential election campaign by Kamala Harris, while the Tech billionaire Elon Musk-described Trump as a “garbage destroyer” in his government-has described Strander as “tyrannical”.
David Lammy, British Foreign Minister, previously called Trump “a woman -hate sociopath with neo -Nazis, although Lammy said that the two patched their relationships at dinner at the Trump Tower in September.
Downing Street has not received any evidence from the Trump team that the President Mandelson, as the new ambassador of the United Kingdom, will block, despite his earlier role as an EU Commissioner and his close connections to China. “There is no problem,” said a person who was informed about the matter.
Strand’s team is also confident that Trump will share the view of officials in the US State Department and Pentagon that the Agreement on the Chagos Islands is good for the Security of the United States, even if it was criticized by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Trump’s positive statements about strikers stand in contrast to those that he has made since his inauguration about the EU and Canada, both of whom, as the president suspects, could be affected by punitive tariffs.
Jonathan Reynolds, British Minister of Commerce, has argued That Britain should not be affected by tariffs, since the trade between the United Kingdom and the USA is mainly based on services and is largely balanced.
