Does Keir Starmer finally have cause for optimism over Donald Trump? It did not go unnoticed that the only Labour figure to bag an invite to the President’s inauguration last week was Maurice Glasman, the architect of Blue Labour. On returning from Washington DC, the Labour peer told PoliticsHome that the team around Trump is ‘very, very sceptical about the Labour government’. So aides will be breathing a sigh of relief that, on Sunday night, Starmer finally spoke with Trump. The Labour leader was the first President’s first call to a major European leader (though Italy’s Giorgia Meloni of course attended the inauguration).
Those comments show that Trump is not in the same place as his political ally and colleague Elon Musk
During the 45-minute conversation, the pair discussed the ceasefire in Gaza, as well as trade and the economy, with Starmer attempting to find common ground by talking up his government’s plans for deregulation.
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