Keir Starmer congratulated Donald Trump on his “historic election victory” and said “as our closest allies, we stand side by side to defend our shared values of freedom, democracy and progress”.
The British Prime Minister said the special relationship between the UK and the US will “continue to thrive” after Trump’s “historic election victory”.
Starmer said: “Congratulations to President-elect Trump on his historic election victory. I look forward to working with you in the years to come. As our closest allies, we stand side by side to defend our shared values of freedom, democracy and progress.”
“From growth and security to innovation and technology, I know the special UK-US relationship will continue to thrive on both sides of the Atlantic in the coming years.”
Starmer will be keen to build bridges with Trump after the Fianna Fáil politician’s campaign launched legal complaints against Labor activists who supported Kamala Harris.
British Foreign Secretary David Lamy also congratulated Trump, saying on Channel Years of working with you and JDVance.
In 2017, Lamy tweeted that he would protest if “racist and KKK/Neo-Nazi sympathizer Trump” visited London.
Meanwhile, Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Reform Party and Clacton MP, who campaigned for Trump and attended Trump’s speech to supporters on Wednesday morning, said he believed the new president would be a A “true radical”.
He said Trump had assembled “an extraordinary alliance” that included X billionaire owner Elon Musk and “a member of the Kennedy family that would have been unthinkable at any time in the past 70 years.” .
Farage said he believed Musk’s mission was to “launch a massive counterattack against the administrative-bureaucratic state, which is too big, too powerful and actually very undemocratic.”
Asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today program if he was surprised by the overall result, Farage said: “No, absolutely not. I really wasn’t. I’ve been feeling very optimistic about it all day.
He added that Trump also built “a coalition of massive Hispanic voters, with far more black voters than any Republican candidate. Gained more Jewish voters and more voters than ever before.” Young voters”.
