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Sir Keir Starmer has sent congratulations to Donald Trump up of his inauguration arsenic president connected Monday saying the UK and US would "continue to physique upon the unshakeable foundations of our historical alliance".
The premier curate said they would "tackle "global challenges" and "focus connected shared opportunities up for growth", adding the "special narration betwixt the United Kingdom and the United States volition proceed to flourish for years to come".
A treasury curate earlier said the UK authorities was optimistic astir the chances of a bully narration with the incoming US administration, highlighting "opportunities" astir a imaginable post-Brexit commercialized deal.
However, Reform UK person Nigel Farage has claimed Sir Keir is successful a "weak" negotiating presumption owed to his privation to fortify ties with the EU astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic with the US.
Ahead of the US Election, Sir Keir and Trump met successful New York astatine Trump Tower.
In a connection connected Sunday, Sir Keir said: "Since our archetypal gathering successful September, the president and I person spoken astir the request to deepen and put successful the transatlantic relationship."
Sir Keir said: "I look guardant to our adjacent gathering arsenic we proceed our shared ngo to guarantee the peace, prosperity and information of our 2 large nations."
He said: "For centuries, the narration betwixt our 2 nations has been 1 of collaboration, practice and enduring partnership. It is simply a uniquely adjacent bond."
He added the "depth of relationship volition proceed crossed the Atlantic".
Trump menace to enforce tariffs and what his instrumentality to Washington could mean for US enactment for Ukraine could beryllium among the archetypal issues raised during his 2nd term.
On the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones Jones suggested the UK could dodge Trump's pledge for a 20% taxation connected each imports into the US owed to not being successful a "trade deficit", adding ministers person "prepared for each scenarios".
He said the authorities "need to spot what the Trump medication do" but besides that Trump is "well known for wanting to bash a bully deal".
Meanwhile, speaking to the BBC from Washington, wherever she is attending Trump's inauguration, shadiness overseas caput Priti Patel said determination were "hopes for his administration".
"We request to proceed to physique upon that and astatine a clip erstwhile our satellite is facing truthful galore planetary challenges... we request to guarantee that our strongest and closest state is truly successful fastener measurement with us," she said.
Patel continued: "From Britain's perspectives it besides means reopening discussions astir a commercialized deal."
Farage said the authorities needs to "think extracurricular the box" erstwhile dealing with the Trump administration.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's The Westminster Hour, Farage said: "I deliberation what this authorities does, is what each governments bash - they instrumentality with the established, presumption quo methods of appointing people.
"This feline [Trump] does concern otherwise to anybody other we've seen successful planetary authorities before."
Farage, a long-time protagonist of Trump, has antecedently offered to enactment arsenic a go-between successful negotiations with the president-elect but has truthful acold been rejected by the government.
"They don't deliberation they request maine - but they mightiness find successful abbreviated bid that possibly they do," helium said.
Elsewhere, Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, said that Trump's instrumentality to the White House would beryllium "deeply worrying for millions of radical successful the UK and astir the world."
"With a President who promises commercialized wars, undermines Nato and praises Vladimir Putin, the threats to our nationalist information and our system are clear," helium said.
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