UK officials, including Keir Starmer's chief of staff, have met with Donald Trump's incoming team in a bid to build strong ties before his inauguration.
Morgan McSweeney’s US trip is a sign of the diplomatic charm offensive being attempted before Trump ’s inauguration on 20 January.Morgan McSweeney’s US trip is a sign of the diplomatic charm offensive being attempted before Trump ’s inauguration on 20 January.Keir Starmer’s chief of staff travelled to Florida for talks with Donald Trump ’s incoming White House team earlier this month.
Morgan McSweeney flew to Florida and Washington for meetings with key members of Trump’s team at the start of December. Trump’s incoming chief of staff, Susie Wiles, who was behind his election strategy, was among those he met, according to reports in the Telegraph and the Sun., who was appointed last month, is also understood to have been present at the meetings. Powell and McSweeney went on to Washington to meet Mike Waltz, the US president-elect’s national security adviser. The dispatch of Starmer’s most senior aide and Britain’s national security adviser is a sign of the diplomatic charm offensive being attempted before Trump’s inauguration on 20 January. A Number 10 source confirmed the meetings to the Guardian. The trip, which began on 2 December, will have been an attempt to secure working relationships given Trump’s vocal support of Nigel Farage. Elon Musk met Farage this week at Trump’s Florida estate and the Reform leader said the multibillionaire was giving “serious thought” to bankrolling the party. A senior Downing Street source told the Telegraph “the mood music was very warm” and Trump “is nothing but warm about the UK”. They added: “As the year closes, Team Starmer is confident the UK is in a good position for a strong bilateral relationship with the new presidency.“ The prime minister had a phone call with Trump on Wednesday, where the possibility was raised of a US visit as soon as February. Downing Street said that on the call Trump had “warmly recounted his meeting” with Prince William earlier this month at the ceremony to reopen Notre Dame cathedral in Pari
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