Government stresses deal was previously welcomed by US as Starmer’s chief secretary insists diplomacy with Trump is working

Johnson says he met Keir Starmer yesterday, after Starmer’s speech and press conference about Greenland and the Trump tariffs threat. Johnson says:

When I met with prime minister Starmer at Downing Street yesterday, I told him that I thought his national address a few hours earlier was well done.

He noted, of course, that the UK and the US are close allies and that our strong, constructive partnership all these years has been built on mutual respect and focussed on results. I thought that was exactly the right message and the right tone, and because of that we’ve always been able to work through our differences calmly, as friends. We will continue to do that.

I told the president that I felt that my mission here today was to encourage our friends and help to calm the waters, so to speak, and I hope to do so.

As the prime minister said yesterday, let us look to agreement, continue our dialogue and find a resolution, just as we always have in the past.

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