The new prime minister is due to fly in to Washington DC this week for a NATO summit - amid growing uncertainty surrounding the future of the man in charge at the White House.
Number 10's newest advisers will have been busy re-drafting the briefing notes marked 'special relationship'. It's awkward. When the prime minister steps off a plane in Washington DC this week - for NATO's 75th anniversary summit - he'll step into the middle of a US political drama with a conclusion no one can call. Joe Biden is his host, but for how long? Sir Keir knows he could be shaking a dead man's hand.
The new PM is aligned with current White House thinking on Gaza, Ukraine and NATO. That will aggravate conversations with Team Trump, as will a UK 'reset' re: China that doesn't necessarily square with Trump's belligerence towards Beijing - he will want allies to fall into line. Beyond the policy agenda, there is the fundamental matter of political philosophy.
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