Keir Starmer and Donald Trump share a two-hour dinner in New York in first face-to-face talks

The UK Prime Minister met the US statesmanlike hopeful astatine Trump Tower, they were joined by Foreign Secretary David Lammy - who antecedently branded the ex-President a “woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath”

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump shared a two-hour meal successful New York past nighttime (Thursday, September 26) successful their archetypal face-to-face talks. The Prime Minister met the US statesmanlike hopeful astatine Trump Tower, his lavish basal successful Manhattan, portion helium was successful municipality for the UN General Assembly.

The brace were joined by Foreign Secretary David Lammy for the dinner, wherever they are understood to person discussed the narration betwixt the US and the UK - and keeping adjacent ties successful future.

It is not wide whether determination was immoderate awkwardness betwixt Mr Trump and Mr Lammy, who antecedently branded the ex-President a “woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath” who was a “profound menace to the planetary order”.

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Mr Lammy defended the comments successful July - made erstwhile helium was a backbencher successful 2018 - and said astir politicians had “things to accidental astir Donald Trump backmost successful the day”.

He said helium would enactment with whoever was elected US President. Ahead of the meeting, Mr Trump said helium thought Mr Starmer was "very nice" and helium was "very popular" successful the UK.

At a rambling property league wherever helium ranted astir migration and his Democratic rival, Mr Trump said: "I really deliberation he’s (Mr Starmer) precise nice.

“He ran a large race, helium did precise well, it’s precise aboriginal he’s precise popular."

But helium saved his top praised for Nigel Farage, who helium described arsenic a “fantastic person”. Mr Starmer said earlier that it would beryllium “good” to conscionable the polarising Republican candidate.

He added: “It'll beryllium truly to found a narration betwixt the 2 of us. I'm a large believer successful idiosyncratic relations connected the planetary stage.

“I deliberation it truly matters that you cognize who your counterpart is successful immoderate fixed country, and cognize them you cognize personally, get to cognize them look to face.”

Mr Starmer has not met Ms Harris yet but has said he’s keen to beryllium down with her earlier the US predetermination successful November.

The Democratic campaigner is successful Washington wherever she volition articulation President Joe Biden for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.