The international secretary's earlier remarks about Donald Trump that had been raised throughout PMQs at the moment may very well be an indication of issues to return.
Lots of Sir Keir Starmer's core crew stated some fairly disappointing issues in regards to the new president-elect the final time he was within the White Home, a interval that principally coincided with Jeremy Corbyn main Labour.
Here’s what some well-known ministers have stated earlier than:
Sir Keir Starmer
The prime minister has declared himself “anti-Trump however pro-American” since 2021, when he was the chief of the opposition and Joe Biden was president.
And simply final 12 months, he drew an unflattering comparability between Trump and conservatives right here, saying the then-governing occasion was behaving “increasingly like Donald Trump.”
“It's all awoke, awoke, awoke. Wedge, wedge, wedge. Share, share, share.”
David Lammy
Of the whole Labor bench, it’s the international secretary's feedback which are more likely to be probably the most embarrassing proper now – though it must be famous that David Lammy has labored arduous to construct a working relationship with the Trump crew over the previous few months.
Simply this September, a dinner between Starmer, Lammy and Trump at Trump Tower reportedly went down nicely.
Additionally, as a result of in 2017, Lammy known as Trump a “racist and KKK/neo-Nazi sympathizer.”
He additionally described it as a “profound menace to the worldwide order”.
Angela Rayner
In the course of the Capitol riots in January 2021, when Trump supporters tried to cease the election of Joe Biden, the vp now stated that Republicans who had stood by Trump “have blood on their arms.”
“I'm so glad to see Donald Trump's again,” she stated when Biden was inaugurated later that month.
Wes Streeting
In 2017, the now-health secretary got here perilously near quoting Buzz Lightyear when he described Trump as a “hateful, unhappy little man.”
“Think about being proud to have him as your president,” he added.
Ed Miliband
In November 2016, when Trump was first elected president, the previous Labor chief stated he was a “scumbag” and a “racist”.
Miliband, now vitality and web zero secretary, expressed alarm at Trump's local weather skepticism, his stance on Russia and his love of commerce tariffs.
All three considerations stay eight years later.