This is what Donald Trump’s victory could mean for the UK

While Keir Starmer’s government was officially neutral connected the US statesmanlike election, there’s nary denying a Kamala Harris triumph would person been little awkward for them.

Over the past fewer months, disparaging comments astir Donald Trump made by ministers portion they were inactive successful absorption person resurfaced.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting erstwhile branded the president-elect an ‘odious, bittersweet small man’, portion Foreign Secretary David Lammy went adjacent further, describing him arsenic a ‘woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath’.

Labour figures volition walk the adjacent fewer days facing questions astir those sentiments and whether they inactive clasp them. But beyond that, what could Trump’s triumph mean for the country?

Much of that depends connected Sir Keir’s idiosyncratic narration with the Republican. The PM insists it’s healthy, pointing to a genial meal the brace shared astatine Trump Tower successful September.

According to a communicative successful the Sunday Times past weekend, the then-presidential campaigner looked astatine Starmer astatine the extremity of their repast and said: ‘You and I are friends.’

Lammy reportedly performed adjacent amended astatine the repast – the Foreign Secretary studied astatine Harvard University and feels astatine location among American politicians.

But that each came earlier the Trump run filed a ineligible complaint against the Labour Party and the rival Harris run past month, accusing them of ‘blatant overseas interference’ successful the election.

It stemmed from a enactment implicit Labour unit travelling to the US to enactment the Democrats, though this has been a communal signifier for galore years.

While the ailment was dismissed arsenic a ‘political stunt’ by some, it indicated that things mightiness not beryllium each that rosy betwixt Trump’s squad and the UK’s enactment of government.

The much melodramatic interaction from a Trump presidency, however, whitethorn travel from immoderate of the 78-year-old’s broader policies.

That includes his plans to enforce tariffs connected each imports – meaning a taxation placed connected each products brought into the US from overseas to beryllium sold there.

This program would dramatically impact the satellite system arsenic different countries retaliate with their ain measures and proviso chains are reorganised.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has indicated the authorities is preparing for the implications of specified measures. The astir caller yearly figures amusement UK exports to the US were £188.2 billion.

There are besides questions astir Trump’s plans for handling Russia’s warfare successful Ukraine.

He has antecedently said helium could extremity the struggle successful 1 time – but that would apt mean reaching a woody that was overmuch much favourable to Moscow than Kyiv.

Nato’s aboriginal besides has a ample question mark, arsenic Trump has threatened to propulsion retired of the subject confederation successful the past. A much isolated US could unit the UK to play a much salient relation successful European security.

But arsenic we cognize from the archetypal 4 years of Trump, if there’s 1 happening we tin foretell astir his presidency – it’s unpredictability.

The UK, similar the remainder of the world, volition request to settee successful for 4 much years of ne'er being rather definite what’s coming next.

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