Foreign Secretary congratulates Trump and says ‘I can’t wait to work with you’ – despite calling him a ‘Nazi’

DAVID Lammy contiguous congratulated Donald Trump connected his sweeping predetermination triumph - contempt antecedently blasting him arsenic a "Nazi".

The Foreign Secretary's lukewarm words besides travel him posting tweets accusing the incumbent-President of being a "sociopath", "profound menace to planetary order" and "no person of Britain".

This morning Mr Lammy said: "Congratulations to Donald Trump on your victory.

"The UK has nary greater person than the US, with the peculiar narration being cherished connected some sides of the Atlantic for much than 80 years.

"We look guardant to moving with you and JD Vance in the years ahead."

But striking a precise antithetic code arsenic a backbencher successful 2018, helium said: "Trump is not lone a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath.

"He is besides a profound menace to the planetary bid that has been the instauration of Western advancement for truthful long."

In 2017 Mr Lammy tweeted: "Yes, if Trump comes to the UK I volition beryllium retired protesting connected the street.

"He is simply a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser."

In July this twelvemonth Mr Lammy defended his colourful language, insisting astir MPs had "things to accidental astir Donald Trump backmost successful the day."

But the Foreign Secretary has besides spent months undertaking concealed love-bombing missions with Republican aides.

In hopeless harm power operations up of the US election, Mr Lammy spoke astatine Conservative overseas affairs deliberation tanks successful Washington and forged ties with fixers adjacent to Trump.

He has besides made a peculiar effort to forge a narration with JD Vance.

The Foreign Secretary has met the incoming Vice President earlier and assertion the brace person been capable to find "common ground".

In July Mr Lammy said: "We're some from mediocre backgrounds, some suffered from addiction issues successful our household which we've written about... some of america Christians.

"And present I've met him connected a fewer occasions, and we person been capable to find communal crushed and get on."

Earlier contiguous Sir Keir Starmer besides congratulated Trump connected his victory.

The PM said: “Congratulations President-elect Trump connected your historical predetermination victory. I look guardant to moving with you successful the years ahead.

“As the closest of allies, we basal enarthrosis to enarthrosis successful defence of our shared values of freedom, ideology and enterprise.

“From maturation and information to innovation and tech, I cognize that the UK-US peculiar narration volition proceed to prosper connected some sides of the Atlantic for years to come.”