Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 24
Trump Dismisses UK PM Hopeful Andy Burnham as Britain Prepares 1 More Leadership Shakeup
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 24

Trump Dismisses UK PM Hopeful Andy Burnham as Britain Prepares 1 More Leadership Shakeup

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 24

Summary

  • Donald Trump said he did not know Andy Burnham and had only heard the UK leader-in-waiting was “extremely liberal.”
  • The remark came Wednesday after a reporter asked Trump about Burnham, the former Greater Manchester mayor poised to replace Keir Starmer as Britain’s next prime minister.
  • Burnham’s expected elevation points to another leadership upheaval in Britain, with Trump’s first public reaction framing the incoming premier in ideological terms.

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