Moment Cabinet minister REFUSES to say if Donald Trump has ‘Neo-Nazi sympathies’ as he’s grilled over Lammy tweets

A TOP furniture curate contiguous repeatedly evaded addressing whether Donald Trump has "Neo-Nazi sympathies".

Pat McFadden was asked THREE times whether helium would disown jibes by Foreign Secretary David Lammy, accusing the President-elect of being a facist.

But the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster sidestepped the question and alternatively professed to "look guardant to working" with the incoming US president.

Asked connected LBC whether helium personally believes Trump has KKK oregon neo-Nazi sympathies, Mr McFadden responded:  "I deliberation the narration betwixt Britain and America is truly important."

The furniture curate dodged the question a 2 much times earlier adding: "I don't privation to get into each the characteristics of people… what I deliberation is important is this relationship betwixt the 2 countries."

This morning Mr McFadden insisted the Foreign Secretary's comments won't "interfere" successful the "important alliance" betwixt the UK and US.

He told Sky News: "I deliberation a batch of things that person been said implicit the years, but not conscionable present successful the UK, including successful the US. If you look astatine what Vice President Elect JD Vance said astir President Trump, helium mused whether this was going to beryllium different Richard Nixon oregon America's Hitler."

Mr Mcfadden added: "President-elect Trump is simply a instrumentality of the United Kingdom. His parent came from Scotland.

"And I deliberation successful the end, those shared values and interests are much important than immoderate tweet from galore years ago."

Yesterday Mr Lammy congratulated Trump connected his sweeping predetermination triumph - contempt antecedently blasting him arsenic a "Nazi".

Mr Lammy said: "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."